The initiative, called You Decide, will allocate a £400,000 budget for five localities across the London borough As local councils in England continue to feel the whiplash of over a decade of austerity policies that have slashed budgets, Brent council has launched an initiative to give residents the power to decide how they spend £2.25m of funding for local projects. The participatory budgeting process was first pioneered in Porto Alegre in Brazil. It has previously been trialled in Tower Haml...
Dragons' Den-style event hands control of £2.25m to residents of Brent council
The Guardian - 13 Jul 2022 21:47
The initiative, called You Decide, will allocate a £400,000 budget for five localities across the London borough As local councils in England continue to feel the whiplash of over a decade of austerity policies that have slashed budgets, Brent council has launched an initiative to give residents the power to decide how they spend £2.25m of funding for local projects. The participatory budgeting process was first pioneered in Porto Alegre in Brazil. It has previously been trialled in Tower Haml...
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