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The charity says it expects to receive just £5,000 in 2021/22. Professor Sophie Bowlby, chair of the ReadiBus board, said the charity has been “forced into a position where to continue is no longer viable” as it cost over £50,000 a year to provide services in West Berkshire. The charity also claims it has not received any grant funding since September 2020, because the council is “withholding money”. It claimed the council will not release the funding until trustees sign a contract with a “gagging clause” that prevents them from making any public statements about the funding cuts. Shirley Edwards, 89, said: “I think what West Berkshire Council is doing to ReadiBus is disgusting.