by Chris Rogers | 19 Feb 2014 | Economy, Third Sector
Third sector umbrella bodies have called on the government to invest more in training procurement officials to address the “significant barriers” to charities’ involvement in public services. In a joint submission to HM Treasury, the groups call for...
by Chris Rogers | 5 Feb 2014 | Third Sector
The Public Accounts Committee claimed that the Charity Commission has failed to raise its game after the Cup Trust scandal, in which one of the UK’s biggest charities raised £177 million in 11 months but gave just £55,000 to good causes through legal avoidance. An...
by Chris Rogers | 3 Feb 2014 | Third Sector
There has been fresh criticism over the level of chief executive pay at Save the Children International and Marie Stopes International. It’s been claimed that highest earner at Save the Children, Chief Executive Jasmine Whitbread, earns £234,000 a year, while the...
by Chris Rogers | 27 Jan 2014 | Employment, Outsourcing, Third Sector, Welfare
Following news that 32% of new claimants for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) were deemed as fit for work between October 2008 and March 2013, high profile disability groups have renewed their criticism of the assessments. More than a million others withdrew...
by Chris Rogers | 17 Jan 2014 | Employment, Politics, Third Sector
The Government, led by the DWP, has published its response to the Better Working with Disabled People consultation, which ran between July and October 2013. The response proposes the creation of a ‘Fulfilling Potential Forum’, to be chaired by Mike Penning and the...
