Category: Voluntary sector

Charity watchdog to criticise ‘intimidation’ after Farage calls for prosecution of groups helping asylum seekers – UK politics live

Charity commissioner to use speech to say there is a difference between ‘heated discussion’ and harassment or abuseDame Julia Unwin, chairwoman of the Charity Commission, is expected to deliver the following remarks at the AGM...

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UK coastguard agency chief faces calls to resign over use of unverified data to back up pay plan

Regulator says poll cited by Virginia McVea in move to strip rescue officers of pay did not sufficiently back up her claimThe head of the UK coastguard agency is facing calls to resign after she was found to have used unverified...

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Westminster council threatens Charing Cross soup kitchen with closure

Conservative authority says site is not safe for vulnerable people charity serves or general publicWestminster council is making it “impossible” for soup kitchens to operate by complaining about the “crowds of vulnerable people”...

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Charity cleared after claims it forced pupils to send Valentine’s Day cards to asylum seekers

Watchdog finds complaints against City of Sanctuary UK were ‘misleading and false’ after online attacks over its migrant welcome projectA refugee charity subjected to vicious social media attacks over a migrant welcome project...

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UK suspension of refugee family reunion scheme to be challenged in high court

Judge allows Safe Passage International to launch judicial review of halting of right to bring in children and partnersThe Home Office’s controversial decision to suspend the right of refugees to bring their children and...

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