Summary
SCORES of vital community projects across Merseyside and Cheshire face the axe to fund the soaring costs of the London Olympics, a Lottery chief has warned.
Sir Clive Booth, chairman of the Big Lottery Fund, fears "dark forces" in the Treasury are planning to raid his grants pot to help plug the pounds 900m funding shortfall for the 2012 Games.See the full content of this document
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London May Grab Our Cash for Games
The move would have a "chronic and damaging effect" on the fund's programme to help the neediest groups in Britain, Sir Clive said.
Those projects at risk includ...See the full content of this document
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