Blackburn and Darwen to receive special help from Coalition government

Blackburn with Darwen Council has benefited from a scheme to help council who are losing out because they have seen the Working Neighbourhoods Fund, given by the government, cut. This scheme which Labour always planned to end next year helped many of the most deprived areas.

Blackburn with Darwen will received almost £3 million from the government to help cushion the affects of its loss. Only 37 authorities have received this help and Blackburn's is one of the most generous.

Commenting local Lib Dem Leader, Cllr David Foster said, "While this will not compensate us completely for the loss of this grant it will help alleviate some of its affects and we have been more generously treated than many other authorities who have lost it completely but received no compensation"