Conservative councillors have promised a proposed £9million cut to London charity funding will not badly affect organisations in Hounslow.

Last week the Brentford, Chiswick and Isleworth Times reported how charities in the borough were concerned that the cut to the budget of the Association of London Government (ALG) grants committee - equivalent to 33 per cent of annual funds - could hit services and affect many vulnerable residents.

The ALG is an umbrella political organisation which receives money from all 33 London boroughs.

Many small charities and voluntary organisations rely heavily on money from its grants committee.

The Voluntary Sector Forum, an organisation which represents all the bodies supported by the ALG committee, said the cut would badly affect a wide range of services in every London borough.

But councillors have said that cutting the money Hounslow gives to the ALG committee will leave them free to assign more money to important local causes.

Councillor Adrian Lee, Hounslow's representative on the ALG grants committee, said he backed the cut and believed that it would be approved by the committee at its next meeting on September 5.

Coun Lee said: "The London boroughs have agreed to cut their contribution to the ALG grants committee by 33 per cent.

"This amount is then ringfenced for local charities in the respective boroughs which means the council has more discretion to help voluntary groups."

Coun Peter Thompson, leader of Hounslow Council, said: "The cut is money going back to the boroughs so it's actually more money going to charities in Hounslow and less for pan-London organisations."

Coun Thompson sought to reassure nervous charity workers by saying that the Conservative-led council "want to spend as much as we can on local charities and organisations."