Charities

“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?”

- William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

This week’s front page editor

Francesc Badia i Dalmases is Editor and Director of democraciaAbierta.

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

Legatum breached charity regulations with Brexit work, Charity Commission finds

Peter Geoghegan 31 May 2018

Controversial think tank influential amongst pro-Brexit ministers did not provide “balanced, neutral evidence and analysis” and was “not consistent” with the charity’s objectives.

It’s time to take our charities to the cleaners

Michael Edwards 26 February 2018

Everyone needs a deep clean from time to time. Best to do it before your teeth get infected.

What are charities for?

Andy Benson 20 December 2013

Charities and voluntary sector organisations should protect the poor, sick and dispossessed by building alliances with those highlighting the damage caused by cuts and privatisation - not by queuing up for the spoils of these coalition policies.

Whose baby? The voluntary sector loses its way

Jo Murphy-Lawless and Rosemary Mander 29 August 2013

As large charities succumb to market ideology, the fate of genuinely independent grassroots organisations - such as those supporting midwives and new mothers - hangs in the balance.

English charity sector lobbied Hunt to keep controversial NHS privatisation rules

Andrew Robertson 14 August 2013

Who benefits if charity leaders lobby for more competition in the NHS?

Marie Curie speaks out on government's privatisation regulations

Scott Sinclair 22 April 2013

Late last week, leading charities became the latest organisations to come out against the Coalition's privatisation regulations. Ahead of the Lords vote on Wednesday, Scott Sinclair from Marie Curie sets out why they are against the government's regulations.