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News archive 2010
The CFDG archive of news articles. Articles from the past 12 months are listed by month below.
April
Still 'miles to go' on accounts, says OSCR (08/04/10) Full Story
Trusts and foundations increase grants in downturn (08/04/10) Full Story
CAF commissions report on modernising gift aid (06/04/10) Full Story
Charity Bank to pilot a 'PFI' for sector's building works (06/04/10) Full Story
No reimbursement from Royal Mail over Freepost errors (06/04/10) Full Story
Call to rethink draft law on tax advisers (03/04/10) Full Story
Apax Foundation pledges to commit 20 per cent of funds to social investments (01/04/10) Full Story
Voluntary Action Manchester to go into liquidation because of row over European funds (01/04/10) Full Story
March
Charities urged to ask donors to increase gifts in line with inflation (30/03/10) Full Story
Tough at the top (30/03/10) Full Story
Alarm raised over Scottish Voluntary Sector Pension Scheme (30/03/10) Full Story
Scotland's voluntary sector sees biggest income rise in five years (29/03/10) Full Story
VAT on bulk mail threatens to bring big rise in postal costs (26/03/10) Full Story
Unrest over 'fit and proper person' Gift Aid rule announced in Budget (26/03/10) Full Story
Public service coordination project extended but needs more voluntary sector involvement (25/03/10) Full Story
Few small arts charities claim Gift Aid, Arts & Business survey finds (23/03/10) Full Story
NCVO survey shows pessimism among charity leaders (23/03/10) Full Story
Dame Suzi Leather warns large charities they could be on 'a financial cliff edge' (23/03/10) Full Story
Scout Association considers lobbying for Gift Aid opt-out (23/03/10) Full Story
Tories emphasise payment by results (19/03/10) Full Story
Commission praised for red borders system (19/03/10) Full Story
Charity version of private finance initiative recommended to political parties (18/03/10) Full Story
Future focus on emerging markets important, says GAM (18/03/10) Full Story
Social Finance asks Charity Commission for clarity on social investment (18/03/10) Full Story
Charities given short-term relief from 'unintended anomaly' of new VAT rules (18/03/10) Full Story
Court to hear plea against pension scheme deficit payment (17/03/10) Full Story
Minister pledges finance research for social enterprises (16/03/10) Full Story
Charities may face pension catastrophe, experts warn (16/03/10) Full Story
Payments Council told to provide new evidence on abolition of cheques (16/03/10) Full Story
Statutory funding of the sector will continue to expand, says Nick Hurd (12/03/10) Full Story
OTS launches consultation on making it easier for charities to sell land (11/03/10) Full Story
CTT solution allows compliance with new payment card rules (11/03/10) Full Story
A third of Scottish councils claw back surpluses from charity contracts (11/03/10) Full Story
Give us the right figure on removal of music exemption, NCVO tells the Government (11/03/10) Full Story
Charities not 'frozen out' of health contracts, insists Labour (10/03/10) Full Story
Female charity interim managers paid 15 per cent less than men (09/03/10) Full Story
Call for a common accounting standard (09/03/10) Full Story
Increase in VAT rate 'could mean £1bn bill for charities' (09/03/10) Full Story
Angela Smith: charities are not there to deliver services on the cheap (09/03/10) Full Story
Concerns raised over detail of water charges concession (08/03/10) Full Story
Acevo writes to Gordon Brown over sector access to health contracts (08/03/10) Full Story
Scottish accruals accounts threshold raised (08/03/10) Full Story
Two-thirds of charities expect income from government to fall (04/03/10) Full Story
Chairs need effective feedback, says new report (04/03/10) Full Story
Nick Hurd calls for targeted tax breaks to stimulate social enterprise (04/03/10) Full Story
Talks planned on new charity accounting standard (02/03/10) Full Story
Volunteer organisations 'should be consulted over legislation' (02/03/10) Full Story
Report says charities should not be required to disclose expenses (02/03/10) Full Story
New government 'won't understand the sector' (02/03/10) Full Story
Anger over short application time for grants allocated by Social Investment Business (02/03/10) Full Story
Trustee suspension 'led to £45k legal bill for Uxbridge United Welfare Trusts' (02/03/10) Full Story
£26m worth of grants paid back to the Big Lottery Fund (02/03/10) Full Story
February
Most OTS partners at risk from spending cuts (24/02/10) Full Story
Social enterprise sets up loan that repays in line with growth (24/02/10) Full Story
Etherington and Hayday propose new future for Social Investment Business (24/02/10) Full Story
Tories consider review of tax problems faced by charities (24/02/10) Full Story
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator to refine its register after consultation process (24/02/10) Full Story
Lloyds accused of 'vandalism' towards Scottish charitable foundation (23/02/10) Full Story
Fears grow over statutory income for charities (23/02/10) Full Story
Cancer Research UK takes the lead on Gift Aid reform (23/02/10) Full Story
Charities 'in crisis' as spending cuts bite (19/02/10) Full Story
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator urges sector to report all fraud (19/02/10) Full Story
Pension trustees sue local YMCA chair for deficit (19/02/10) Full Story
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations backs Gift Aid reform (19/02/10) Full Story
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust sells shares in 'unethical' Vedanta (17/02/10) Full Story
Unite organises day of lobbying on voluntary sector's 'short-term contract culture' (17/02/10) Full Story
Charity Finance Directors' Group calls for less red tape on charity trading (17/02/10) Full Story
Pension deficits for top 20 charities 'up by £100m last year' (16/02/10) Full Story
Charities face pensions crisis with shortfall of £1bn (15/02/10) Full Story
Scope takes its expenses management online (12/02/10) Full Story
Information commissioner warns Alzheimer's Society after personal data is stolen (11/02/10) Full Story
Charities welcome concessions on Community Infrastructure Levy (11/02/10) Full Story
Treasury's 'cost-neutral' Gift Aid reform proposal disappoints sector (11/02/10) Full Story
Royal Institution investigated over lease of office space without legal permission (10/02/10) Full Story
Large charities look to expand IT collaboration (10/02/10) Full Story
UK charities call for 'Robin Hood tax' on banks (10/02/10) Full Story
Church of England sells stock in controversial mining firm (09/02/10) Full Story
European ruling tightens up VAT (09/02/10) Full Story
Government sets out timetable for Gift Aid reform (09/02/10) Full Story
OSCR gives thumbs-down to new UK accounting proposals (09/02/10) Full Story
Cheque abolition 'could lead to higher fraud risk for charities' (09/02/10) Full Story
Payments Council assures sector that cheques will not go before 2018 (05/02/10) Full Story
Institute of Fundraising lobbies for extension of Gift Aid transitional relief (05/02/10) Full Story
Treasury delays consolidating accounts of NHS charities into health service trusts (05/02/10) Full Story
Angela Smith weighs into cheque abolition debate (03/02/10) Full Story
Dame Suzi Leather criticises charities over accounts (03/02/10) Full Story
Charity tax relief is worth £3bn a year (02/02/10) Full Story
HMRC to rethink axe on tax break on charitable land (02/02/10) Full Story
Consolidated charity law to wait until after election (02/02/10)Full Story
Reverse decision to charge charities for playing music, Lord Mandelson is told(02/02/10) Full Story
Gift Aid reform 'kicked into the long grass' (01/02/10) Full Story
January
Monitor your financial transactions, Charity Commission warns the sector (28/01/10) Full Story
Exempt charity registration delayed until 1 June (28/01/10) Full Story
Communities secretary urges councils to look beyond cost of contracts (27/01/10) Full Story
Environmental responsibility may be added to Commission's trustee hallmarks (27/01/10) Full Story
Darling requests more service delivery evidence (27/01/10) Full Story
Charity Commission 'facing 8% cuts in real terms' (26/01/10) Full Story
Sector delegation will meet Darling to discuss public services (26/01/10) Full Story
Charities should campaign less, says Oliver Letwin (26/01/10) Full Story
Alert over charity campaigning in run-up to general election (26/01/10) Full Story
Treasury to hold talks on Gift Aid (25/01/10) Full Story
High Court ruling quashes Oxfam bid to reclaim VAT (19/01/10) Full Story
Defined-benefit pensions 'attract staff' (19/01/10) Full Story
Sector's best-case scenario: cuts of 'hundreds of millions', says CFDG report (13/01/10) Full Story
'Pain right across the public sector' predicts Tory MP (13/01/10) Full Story
Public donations will never go into NHS budget, declares minister (13/01/10) Full Story
No tax penalties for temporary public benefit failure (12/01/10) Full Story
Tories' Social Action plans show the perils of banking on a volunteer force (13/01/10) Full Story
Sector bodies demand clear timetable on Gift Aid reform (12/01/10) Full Story
Meeting planned for NHS charities (12/01/10) Full Story
VAT could rise to 20% (08/01/10) Full Story
A Labour victory 'would be better for the voluntary sector' (08/01/10) Full Story
Charitable giving reforms could lead to huge boost in donations, says Centre for Policy Studies report (08/01/10) Full Story
Iceland losers could recover 70 per cent of lost funds (06/01/10) Full Story
Payment cap lifted for community interest companies (06/01/10) Full Story
End of cheques will increase costs and bureaucracy, says charity chief (06/01/10) Full Story
Expenses guidance due next month (05/01/10) Full Story
Charity shops could shut because of Mandelson's plans to charge more for music (02/01/10) Full Story
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