After Neighbourhood Offices They Now Want To Close Our CAB's

Birmingham’s five Citizens Advice Bureau centers face closure after losing £600,000 in council funding and staff faces redundancy as the charity awaits news on other funding streams.

It has been widely reported that the five Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) offices across the city face closure next month after the council cut £600,000 in funding and the service is also in line to loose further funding from other services, threatening some 45 jobs.
As expected, Birmingham’s coalition run City Council said it had always warned the Birmingham CAB not to rely on council funding, however CEO of Birmingham’s CAB, Yvonne Davis, said the charity got five times the council funding from other sources such as Macmillan Cancer Care and the Royal British Legion, but it still relied on the city council for 20 per cent of its funding.