CUTTING the funding that local authorities receive for each Ukrainian refugee they house is “counter-productive and short-sighted” Michael Gove has been told.
The Communities Secretary announced earlier this month that the funding would be cut, while the money given to people who host those fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine is set to rise.
Funding provided to councils will drop from £10,500 per person to £5900 per person as a result of “wider pressures on the public finances”, Gove said.
