Angry protesters gathered outside Hammersmith Town Hall, ahead of the council cabinet meeting on proposals to reorganise the local authority’s 15 children’s centres into six ‘hubs’.
Shadow children’s minister, Sharon Hodgson MP, addressed the rally, which was also attended by Labour MP for Hammersmith, Andy Slaughter.
In a council paper published ahead of the meeting, the council said that although they did not want to close any children’s centres, it was ‘highly unlikely' that they would be able to continue to fund all of the centres, in light of proposals to cut £6.95m from the children’s services budget.
The document also states that 50 jobs are expected to be lost.
However, during the meeting, Conservative councillor Helen Binmore said that no decisions had been made about funding for children’s services and that a consultation would now take place.
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