{"id":14861,"date":"2020-11-25T15:53:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T15:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.powertochange.org.uk\/?post_type=news_post&#038;p=14861"},"modified":"2021-08-16T17:51:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T16:51:37","slug":"power-to-changes-response-to-the-governments-spending-review-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.powertochange.org.uk\/news\/power-to-changes-response-to-the-governments-spending-review-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Power to Change\u2019s response to the Government\u2019s Spending Review 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe\u2019re pleased to see that the government has recognised the importance of communities in the UK\u2019s economic recovery. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund\u2019s focus on community-owned assets and civic infrastructure \u2013 which will be vital in driving local economic development \u2013 is a very welcome step. We were disappointed there\u2019s no mention of a dedicated \u00a3150million Community Ownership Fund, which was a commitment of the 2019 Conservative Party election manifesto. However, Power to Change will be on hand to use our community ownership expertise to help guide government on the design and delivery of the UKSPF, so that it works for communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we welcome the spirit of the Levelling Up Fund, to support \u2018the infrastructure of everyday life\u2019, there is a real risk that this centrally-controlled funding does not deliver against its aims. In many places, the Towns Fund has had very little community involvement. If the Levelling Up Fund follows a similar path, it won\u2019t deliver the benefits government would like to see \u2013 stronger local economies driven by local people who understand their place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to the Government\u2019s Spending Review 2020, CEO of independent trust Power to Change Vidhya Alakeson, said:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":13360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[339],"tags":[349],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.powertochange.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.powertochange.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.powertochange.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.powertochange.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.powertochange.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.powertochange.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.powertochange.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.powertochange.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.powertochange.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.powertochange.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}