MORE than £300m has been spent on Communities First since it was launched in 2001 to help people in the most disadvantaged parts of Wales.
The Welsh government is dropping its controversial anti-poverty initiative Communities First, it has been confirmed.
Its performance has been inconsistent, and questions have been raised about its effectiveness.
Last year an evaluation report said: “While Communities First has retained its ethos of encouraging community involvement in the design, delivery and monitoring of the programme, genuine community participation is not always being achieved or is not being facilitated in a way that is of benefit to the implementation of the programme.”
Communities First was just a way for Labour politician to spend public money promoting themselves within the community.
Andrew Nutt
Heolddu Road
Bargoed
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