Photo: FileWomen's refuges, church agencies and other community groups will soon have to hand over their client details to the Government in return for funding. Ministry of Social Development (MSD) deputy chief executive Murray Edridge says all 823 agencies funded by the ministry's $330 million Community Investment arm will have to provide client details for funding by next July. Although Edridge said the move had been signalled in broad terms since last year, McGlinchey said it was slipped into a new tender for budgeting services without consultation. Budgeters who were notified of the tender outcome last week will be required to provide client details under new contracts taking effect from November 1. Raewyn Fox of the Federation of Family Budgeting Services said people needed to trust budgeters with "in-depth embarrassing details" about their finances.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 16, 2016 20:37 UTC