Third sector

  • 16 Apr 14
    The government’s welfare reforms are driving a three-fold increase in the number of people who require emergency food aid, a charity has warned.
  • 2 Sep 13
    It’s good that the government wants to encourage more investment in social enterprises. But the plan to introduce a new tax relief raises some difficult questions for the chancellor, the taxman...
  • A review into the regulation of charity fundraising requested by Scottish Government ministers has been launched by the sector’s umbrella organisation today.
    9 Aug 13
    Charity chief executives have been criticised for ‘fat-cat’ salaries in an age of austerity. But it’s down to trustees – not the Charity Commission – to determine...
  • 5 Mar 09
    Proponents of ‘social insurance’ believe it is an answer to the huge policy challenge of caring for elderly people. But there is a fear that the recession might put an end to such radical...

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