Leicester's MPs are meeting the city council leader to discuss the proposed £2m cut in grants to community groups.
They want to call in the government to reduce the proposed 14% increase in council tax.
Keith Vaz, Jim Marshall and people representing Patricia Hewitt will meet Roger Blackmore to express their concern over the spending plans.
The council said it has a £10m budget deficit to make up but the Labour MPs pointed to a significant rise in funding from the government.
Keith Vaz has offered to arrange a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to ask for help.
But he has warned the council tax rise could be capped unless it is reduced to a single figure.
The budget proposals will go the council cabinet for approval on 16 February.
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