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Councils must not cut charity budgets
By Adam Fleming BBC News Political Correspondent
Mr Pickles indicated he could take action against councils which overly penalise charities
Eric Pickles has said he is considering using the law to prevent local authorities passing on “disproportionate” cuts to charities.
The Communities Secretary told voluntary groups they were entitled to expect that cuts to their grants would not be proportionally bigger than cuts to local authority budgets overall.
