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10/03/2004
Local anti-crime measures get £74m funding boost
Local communities are to receive £74 million to tackle crime and drugs and make their communities safer, the government has announced today.
The investment will be allocated to Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships from the government's Building Safer Communities Fund. The fund enables local people to support a programme of varied work to help make their communities safer.
The partnerships involve police, local authorities, probation service, health authorities, the voluntary sector, and local residents and businesses. Projects like warden schemes, CCTV cameras and anti-drugs crime measures could benefit from the funding.
Home Office Minister Hazel Blears said: "This funding of £74 million gives local partnerships the investment and flexibility they need to deliver real change on the ground to tackle drugs and crime, enabling them to take into account local circumstances and priorities."
The funding is flexible, allowing partnerships to be able to fund a programme of varied work to help make their communities safer.
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The investment will be allocated to Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships from the government's Building Safer Communities Fund. The fund enables local people to support a programme of varied work to help make their communities safer.
The partnerships involve police, local authorities, probation service, health authorities, the voluntary sector, and local residents and businesses. Projects like warden schemes, CCTV cameras and anti-drugs crime measures could benefit from the funding.
Home Office Minister Hazel Blears said: "This funding of £74 million gives local partnerships the investment and flexibility they need to deliver real change on the ground to tackle drugs and crime, enabling them to take into account local circumstances and priorities."
The funding is flexible, allowing partnerships to be able to fund a programme of varied work to help make their communities safer.
(gmcg)
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