That's an interesting conspiracy theory, but these sorts of things are really, really hard to do and hide. It's not as though it was a secret that Brown was going to take over from Blair; o… (View Post)

I would have a lot more sympathy with the VAT on school fees stupidity if it was part of a root-and-branch look at the charitable sector. A tidy-up and removal of charitable status from many of the g… (View Post)

I probably fall in that category. I raised money for a charity when I spent a year walking the coastline of Britain. I was going to do it anyway, and had the funding (thanks to a redundancy...). The … (View Post)

On the topic of charities: One of my pet hates are people doing an 'adventure' (say, trekking to Everest base camp), and raising money for charity as they do so. Except they take their expe… (View Post)

"The politician Keir Starmer has been banned from being a charity trustee after a watchdog found charity funds were spent on luxury clothes and apartments. A Charity Commission inquiry found Bun… (View Post)