Dan Peters 30 September 2025

Government axes cohesion fund

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The Government has insisted it is ‘absolutely committed to bridging the divides between our communities' despite axing a cohesion fund launched after 2024's riots.

A Community Cohesion and Resilience Programme provided £3.6m to local authorities in 2024-25 to ‘build stronger, more integrated communities and reduce harmful division' in 44 places.

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