
JCR presidents agree to 80% budget cut from LUSU
‘This will be an excellent opportunity for JCRs to return to being representatives and not simply events groups.’
On Tuesday evening, Vice President Union Development announced on Facebook that JCR presidents had agreed for JCR’s budgets would be cut by 80% in the next academic year.
This comes following the announcement of the possibility of Central closing, the Purple Card being pulled and the LUSU budget being cut by up to a third. These losses come in as the Union claims to be facing “falling numbers” and the “financial difficulties all businesses are facing” giving the current climate.
The JCR are student bodies representing each college, with officers focussing on different aspects of college life. With budgets being cut by 80% it will massively restrict their ability to deliver events and supply resources to colleges, including their ability to host Welcome Week. However, with substantially less in-person events being held currently due to the pandemic, it will be less costly on the whole with most events taking place online.
The statement from Atree Ghosh reads:
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