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16 Sep 19
Rising global hunger, aid shortfalls and baby foods full of sugar - all in the Numbers Game from the September 2019 edition of Public Finance magazine.
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2 Sep 19
Dogged by scandals and a donations slump, clarity on operations and use of funds is vital if the charity sector is to win back public confidence. Rachel Willcox reports.
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29 Aug 19
Analysis by the Charity Commission for England and Wales has found that 135 out of a sample of 296 charities failed to meet its external scrutiny benchmark in their financial reporting.
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25 Jul 19
The appointment of Alok Sharma as the UK’s new international development secretary appears to have scotched uncertainty over the department’s future.
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21 Jun 19
The Scottish Government has been warned that it must show greater strategic leadership across the public sector if it is to achieve its digital ambitions.
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21 Jun 19
A comprehensive national strategy backed by proper funding and infrastructure is required to tackle the growing crisis of homelessness, according to a report from the Local Government Information...
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21 Jun 19
Concentrating UK aid on large middle-income countries risks reducing the focus on poverty and the government’s new “leaving no one behind” philosophy, a watchdog has said.
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18 Jun 19
The UK is to give Afghanistan £170m to help alleviate a “severe” humanitarian crisis caused by the worst drought in a decade that has left millions of people hungry.
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17 Jun 19
The UK’s largest charities paid audit fees of £72.3m in 2017-18, a rise of £10.2m in just four years, according to an online data service.
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14 Jun 19
Inter-American Development Bank funds efforts to ease Latin American migrant tensions, charities call for increased public health investment and criticism over delays to cladding removal after the...
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13 Jun 19
An additional £4.5m in government funding has been confirmed for a scheme that aims to improve the wellbeing of unpaid carers.
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28 May 19
Our health and social care services will suffer if the government does not invest in public health, says Cancer Research UK’s Alison Cox.
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21 May 19
The UK’s new international secretary Rory Stewart has got off to a good start but there is still much he can do to improve the department, says the ODI’s Simon Gill.
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20 May 19
The potential of the new Scottish National Investment Bank will be compromised if it is limited to funding only commercial activities, the Scottish Government has been warned.
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17 May 19
The government must look further and aim higher if it wants to end youth homelessness says Reform’s Aidan Shilson-Thomas.
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25 Apr 19
A record 1.6 million food bank parcels were given out in the UK last year, a charity has found.
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24 Apr 19
The Homelessness Reduction Act is being undermined by a “chronic” shortage of affordable housing, MPs have heard.
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15 Apr 19
Delays to the social care green paper are a result of the need for “greater consideration” of proposals, PF has heard.
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11 Apr 19
A worldwide initiative to kick fraud out of the charity sector was recognised at this year’s Government Counter Fraud Awards. Dominic Brady reports.
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5 Apr 19
How austerity and the dismantling of ‘Stalinist’ regional aid has divided an entire country. Peter Hetherington reports.
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1 Apr 19
Thirty per cent of the UK’s children - 4.1 million – are living on less than 60% of the current median income, according to official data.
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29 Mar 19
The UK has committed an additional £200 million of aid to war-torn Yemen so far this year to help tackle the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
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28 Feb 19
CIPFA will continue to provide secretariat support for charity accounting rules after being awarded the contract for a further three years.
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26 Feb 19
Children’s services in England are at “breaking point” as funding has been slashed by nearly a third since 2010, charities have warned.
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15 Feb 19
Steps must to be taken to protect more people from falling into poverty in the wake of a no-deal Brexit, poverty charities have urged.
16 Sep 19Rising global hunger, aid shortfalls and baby foods full of sugar - all in the Numbers Game from the September 2019 edition of Public Finance magazine.
2 Sep 19Dogged by scandals and a donations slump, clarity on operations and use of funds is vital if the charity sector is to win back public confidence. Rachel Willcox reports.
29 Aug 19Analysis by the Charity Commission for England and Wales has found that 135 out of a sample of 296 charities failed to meet its external scrutiny benchmark in their financial reporting.
25 Jul 19The appointment of Alok Sharma as the UK’s new international development secretary appears to have scotched uncertainty over the department’s future.
21 Jun 19The Scottish Government has been warned that it must show greater strategic leadership across the public sector if it is to achieve its digital ambitions.
21 Jun 19A comprehensive national strategy backed by proper funding and infrastructure is required to tackle the growing crisis of homelessness, according to a report from the Local Government Information...
21 Jun 19Concentrating UK aid on large middle-income countries risks reducing the focus on poverty and the government’s new “leaving no one behind” philosophy, a watchdog has said.
18 Jun 19The UK is to give Afghanistan £170m to help alleviate a “severe” humanitarian crisis caused by the worst drought in a decade that has left millions of people hungry.
14 Jun 19Inter-American Development Bank funds efforts to ease Latin American migrant tensions, charities call for increased public health investment and criticism over delays to cladding removal after the...
13 Jun 19An additional £4.5m in government funding has been confirmed for a scheme that aims to improve the wellbeing of unpaid carers.
28 May 19Our health and social care services will suffer if the government does not invest in public health, says Cancer Research UK’s Alison Cox.
20 May 19The potential of the new Scottish National Investment Bank will be compromised if it is limited to funding only commercial activities, the Scottish Government has been warned.
25 Apr 19A record 1.6 million food bank parcels were given out in the UK last year, a charity has found.
24 Apr 19The Homelessness Reduction Act is being undermined by a “chronic” shortage of affordable housing, MPs have heard.
11 Apr 19A worldwide initiative to kick fraud out of the charity sector was recognised at this year’s Government Counter Fraud Awards. Dominic Brady reports.
5 Apr 19How austerity and the dismantling of ‘Stalinist’ regional aid has divided an entire country. Peter Hetherington reports.
1 Apr 19Thirty per cent of the UK’s children - 4.1 million – are living on less than 60% of the current median income, according to official data.
29 Mar 19The UK has committed an additional £200 million of aid to war-torn Yemen so far this year to help tackle the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
15 Feb 19Steps must to be taken to protect more people from falling into poverty in the wake of a no-deal Brexit, poverty charities have urged.
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