(CIVICUS Monitor) In September 2017, the United Kingdom Charity Commission initiated a public consultation on the annual returns which charities are required to make to the state at the end of each fiscal…
(CIVICUS Monitor) In early February 2018, Prime Minister Theresa May called for a much-needed review of media sustainability in the UK. As reported in the previous Monitor update, the concentration of…
(NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS) Journalists at the Swindon Advertiser have begun two days of strike action. The industrial action was called as part of a dispute over low pay and…
(The Guardian) Offshore firm at heart of story, Appleby, is seeking damages and has demanded Guardian and BBC hand over documents The Guardian is to defend robustly a legal action…
(Daniel Ferrell-Schweppenstedde / THE GUARDIAN) Across the charity sector, trustees, volunteers and staff are increasingly worried about the looming impact of Brexit. UK charities risk losing at least £258m in EU funds because…
(CIVIL SOCIETY) The government has announced plans for a new civil society strategy that will coordinate and improve how public sector bodies interact with the charity sector. The plans have…
(CENTRE FOR CRIME AND JUSTICE STUDIES) For decades, hundreds of police officers carried out secret operations against a wide range of political and trade union activists. They assumed fake identities…
(THE GUARDIAN) Vicky Browning who represents charity bosses says some are too worried about repercussions to join political debate A charity leader has said voluntary organisations are too frightened to speak…