Local councils keeping millions intended for poorest people, report says

Authorities in most deprived areas spend less than half of money allocated to them for people living in extreme povert.

Local councils in the poorest parts of England have held back millions of pounds in Government money that was meant to provide emergency support to people living in extreme poverty, a damming report has concluded.
An analysis by the National Audit Office found that authorities in the most deprived areas of the country spent less than half the money allocated to them to meet urgent needs from residents for food, heating and clothing.
As a result many residents were forced to turn to charities providing services, such as food banks for support, while councils kept the money that was not spent.

On average the richest councils in England spent 62 per cent of their allocation while the poorest 25 per cent spent just 45 per cent of the money they were given.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/a6806721.html

Do not Labour control most of the council areas that have extreme poverty?

I read this a bit back and posted on it somewhere.

You cannot trust anyone who believes they have authority over you.

Rebellion is the only answer, being Mr. nice guy gets you nowhere.