David Pack, partnership manager with the City of London Corporation, which funds it, says it is part of a 40-plus array of projects which the Corporation runs to build links with the City's seven neighbouring boroughs, all of which have significant areas of disadvantage.
But some of the inequities built into the Social Security system remain even today -- like the regressive nature of the payroll tax which funds it (where the rich pay far, far less as a percentage of income than the middle class or poor).
Expecting a trade association to impartially investigate allegations of possible wrongdoing on the part of the member companies which funds it is as likely as expecting Rush Limbaugh to lead an aerobics class or for Donald Trump to be giving lessons on how to live a modest, self-effacing, non-egomaniacal life.
But microbiologist Phil Baker of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which funded the work, says, "it's a very important observation... whose relevance remains to be determined".
Everybody else, including the Durham Miners Associationn (DMA), which funded the event, said it was to celebrate the death of Margaret Thatcher.
Prof Peter Weissberg, medical director at the British Heart Foundation, which funded the research, said: "It supports current advice that we should all be eating plenty of green veg.
The Ministry of Defence, which funded the study, said it was committed to improving services and trying to break the stigma around mental health by getting people in the armed forces and veterans to talk about their problems.
More than 1500 local families and other New Zealanders have invested $2.5 million into the project, which funded the foundation as it negotiated larger investments.
As a result, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funded the program, announced that it would not fund the 1973 74 season of Black Journal.
