Charities Bill update
19th April 2006, 1:25 pm
Home Secretary Charles Clarke has been lobbied by six leading charities* over concerns the Charities Bill will not address the issue of high fees for services in the public benefit test it will introduce. NCVO still hopes that the Bill will start its journey through the House of Commons after Easter.
News item at http://www.communitynewswire.press.net/article.jsp?id=295589, or see NCVO’s Charities Act Campaign pages at http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/policy/index.asp?id=1358.
(* British Red Cross, Citizens Advice, NCVO, Leonard Cheshire, RNID and Help the Aged.)