Cash seized from criminals set to be re-invested into West Yorkshire communities
Half a million pounds of cash recovered from criminals is to be re-invested into community safety projects.
Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin has responded to the government's provisional Local Government Finance Settlement.
18 December 2023
Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire said:
"With West Yorkshire councils facing a quarter-of-a-billion-pound shortfall over the next year, the Government has today shown an alarming lack of awareness about the financial crisis facing local government.
“Next year’s finance settlement will barely touch the sides for town halls having to cope with the rising demand for services and increased staff costs, as well as the effects of 13 years of government cuts to council funding.
"Councils have a legal responsibility to provide services that cost money and the Government has yet again shirked its responsibility to fund them fairly, pushing the pain onto the people who rely on those public services."
Half a million pounds of cash recovered from criminals is to be re-invested into community safety projects.
"Tackling knife crime can only be achieved in partnership and it is events like this that allow us to recognise the gaps and meet the challenges"
"I welcome today’s sentence and that all those responsible for the shocking murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky have been brought to justice."