RDAs fear raid on budgets to fund ?1.6bn housing package

摘要

England's regional development agencies have appealed to the government not to raid their budgets to fund its ￡1.6bn housing package. The government said it would get ￡690m of the ￡1.57bn for the housing package from underspending in the communities department, which funds RDAs. The rest would come from the business department, the Home Office, and transport, education and energy budgets.RDAs fear their funding could be cut to contribute to the fund. RDAs fund regeneration projects across England, and have already had their budgets slashed following an earlier housing package announced last autumn.