We’re going to the zoo, zoo, zoo…how about you, you, you?
A woman of principle, or a bit of a crank? The question relates to Angela Smith, Minister for the Third Sector, who has made it clear that she’s not prepared to attend an event at London Zoo because...
View ArticleFunding the Future conference: policy was thin on the ground as Nick Hurd...
Shadow charities minister Nick Hurd announced to delegates at the Funding the Future conference yesterday that he was going to tell them something they might know already. “There’s going to be a...
View ArticleSenior politicians were competing to impress charities last night
Loans are all the rage. Last night I joined around 200 people who went to all-hail them at a House of Commons reception organised by the Social Investment Business. Proceedings were delayed by a...
View ArticleSmith, Hurd and Willott were given an easy ride at the volunteering hustings
At university we had hustings to help students decide which of their peers they should elect to represent them on their college’s governing body. They were heated events. We crammed a hundred or so...
View ArticleFire and brimstone missing at Unite’s mass meeting for charity workers
The mass meeting last night of charity sector workers organised by Unite showcased a side of the Labour Party rarely seen these days. Labour MPs initially outnumbered charity workers in committee room...
View ArticleWhat happened to the big splash on the Compact?
2010 was supposed to be the year of the big push for the Compact. “Next year is an important time to make a big splash,” said Richard Corden, chief executive of the Commission for the Compact, when...
View ArticleBaroness Smith of Pitsea?
There was the usual fighting talk when Angela Smith lost her seat at South Basildon and East Thurrock at the election: the seat’s only on loan to you Tories, we’ll be back, and so on. It may well be...
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