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There may be less than £5000 to spend on improvements in the Dringhouses Ward over the next financial year according to figures obtained from the Council.

The current years budget was around £40,000.

Although a small “pot” is being retained for local voluntary groups -and there is a promise of an allocation of £19k for “needy areas” – it is clear that the crime prevention, parking and play provision programmes will now go “on the shelf” until after the next Council elections in 2015.