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Shadow minister wades in to Big Society Network funding controversy 4

22 May 2013 | Tania Mason

Shadow minister for civil society Gareth Thomas has tabled a series of Parliamentary questions to minister Nick Hurd about the government's funding of Big Society Network and the allocation of Social Action Fund money.


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