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High Court ruling says NHS foundation trusts can't become charities in ruling worth £2.4bn. thirdsector.co.uk/nhs-founda…
Salvation Army in breach of Code of Fundraising Practice for the second quarter in succession. Other charities also fall foul. thirdsector.co.uk/salvation-…

All of Christian Aid's regional offices to close. 10 locations affected and job losses expected, thirdsector.co.uk/christian-…
Will RSPCA staff strike in February? Indicative ballot by @unitetheunion reveals overwhelming rejection of management plans for new contracts. thirdsector.co.uk/rspca-staf…
RSPCA management plans for staff pay and conditions "among the most aggressive set of proposals" Unite the union says it has seen. thirdsector.co.uk/union-desc…
Trouble in charity land for Prince Andrew as he cuts ties with two more vol sec organisations. thirdsector.co.uk/prince-and…
Impressed by how concise and forthright Peter Cardy's views are in the new look Third Sector. thirdsector.co.uk/peter-card…
Severe council cuts to the voluntary sector in Peterborough, the city where I was born. thirdsector.co.uk/council-cu…
3 months after departing as charities minister, Mims Davies announces she is leaving parliament, as is Nicky Morgan, whose department includes the Office for Civil Society. thirdsector.co.uk/former-cha…
MPs 'disappointed' by vol sector's response to safeguarding. Bond's response suggests it is disappointed in the verdict of MPs. thirdsector.co.uk/mps-critic…
The Challenge is worried about the speed and rigour of the govt investigation into its complaints about National Citizen Service Trust. The Challenge and the trust are locked in a £22m legal dispute. thirdsector.co.uk/ministers-…
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64 per cent of foundations increased grant-giving last year even though many saw their income fall, according to Foundation Giving Trends 2019. thirdsector.co.uk/foundation…
A major row has broken out between the charity that runs the National Citizen Service and its main provider. thirdsector.co.uk/charity-ru…
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Tory Minister: "I knew the story was false but I used it anyway for my own political purposes. And happily say so in public." Shameful. Particularly b/c it's a shameful exploitation of a lady's suicide. thirdsector.co.uk/olive-cook… @Conservatives
Rob Wilson says civil servants advised him the Olive Cooke stories about charities weren't accurate but he "rode on its back" to reform fundraising. thirdsector.co.uk/olive-cook…