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January 19, 2018

Government measures deepen crisis for campaigning

A survey has found that government measures such as the Lobbying Act have had a chilling effect on campaigning by charities and voluntary organisations.
January 10, 2018

Voluntary organisations 'should consider publishing gender pay gap data regardless of size'

Voluntary organisations should consider publishing information about the differences in pay between men and women even if they have fewer than 250 employees, an umbrella body has recommended.
October 21, 2017

Lobbying Act reform: debate required, say charities

Three organisations representing thousands of charities have asked the Electoral Commission to explain its opposition to reform of the Lobbying Act.
September 16, 2017

Government refuses to adopt Lobbying Act reforms

The government has said it will not reform the Lobbying Act, despite the recommendations of an independent review.
March 23, 2015

Gagging civil servants and charities, suppressing inconvenient truths

New rules aimed at preventing civil servants from speaking to the media without ministers’ approval have been strongly criticised. They follow a drive to gag charities receiving public funding.
January 23, 2015

Charities under pressure to keep quiet or lose government contracts

New research reveals "a climate of fear" that prevents charities and other voluntary groups from tackling the root causes of poverty.
November 10, 2014

New award event will focus on Christian social action

The Christian Funders’ Forum (CFF) has announced that it is launching its first ever Christian social action awards ceremony.
July 29, 2014

Third sector and TUC agreement on future of children’s services commissioning

Children England, along with many of their member organisations and the TUC have published a new joint agreement on the future of children’s services commissioning.
January 15, 2014

Charity exemption is not the way to tackle a dangerous Lobbying Bill

There has been a united, determined campaign against the gagging impact of the Lobbying Bill on the part of voluntary groups and NGOs. Some will therefore think it a shame that a minority of charities, and the Charities Aid Foundation, have at this late stage chosen the path of seeking exemptions for themselves rather than focussing on the wider considerations.
January 13, 2014

Lord Tyler and Baroness Williams attempt to buy off charities on lobbying

Lord Paul Tyler, Liberal Democrat spokesman in the Lords on constitutional reform issues, and Baroness Shirley Williams, former leader of Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords have attacked Caroline Lucas MP as "misguided and wrong" in her concerns about the Lobbying Bill – namely, that unless significantly amended (or better, scrapped and completely redrafted) it will let corporate lobbyists off the hook while gagging non-party organisations and unions.