£23m cut to Cycling Cities fund (fund had given grants totalling £114m over next three years so a 20% cut to promised cycling investment)
Just singling this one out because it seems to me to be a clear cut example of what I am about to say:
Give that this was an initiative put in place by the government in the last period, with funding amounts allocated by the government in the last period, where is the sense in them announcing initiatives with £xm, and letting councils and other bodies get busy in how they are going to spend that money, only to turn around a few years later and say "oh we know we said and announced that but actually it will only be £ym".
It seems to me that it makes these awards precarious, unreliable, and potentially nothing much more than temporary moments of publicity. Rather like you winning a prize and the company running the promotion turning up at your doorstep for the Cheque Presentation, waiting for the PR to come good, and then cancelling the cheque before you have time to cash it.
I will be interested to see where the money is actually deducted from, and might keep an eye on this fund in particular given the way the money was handed out in the first place.