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Hunting, shooting and fishing at 'charitable' private schools

23.05.11
Some private schools are abusing the tax advantages of their charitable status, a group of education experts has claimed... more

My eye-opening lesson in how Britain works

05.05.11
Giving evidence to a Commons select committee on business and charity was a revealing experience... more

It's time to drag our charities into the 21st century

17.02.11
The Big Society will only succeed if the voluntary sector smartens up and corporates are incentivised to join in... more

Model sacked for revealing £300,000 'theft' from jail charity

17.01.11
Prison counsellor was unfairly dismissed by a charity after blowing the whistle on the alleged theft of £300,000 of public funds, a tribunal has ruled... more

Pink parenting boom in London as more same-sex couples adopt children

22.10.10
Growing number of gay and lesbian couples in the capital are signing up to adopt children... more

Catholic centre's bid to block gay couples adopting fails

19.08.10
Catholic adoption service faces closure after it lost its latest battle with the Charity Commission for the right to be able to discriminate against gay couples... more

Royal Institution to cut Christmas talks

13.08.10
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Private schools in court bid to review ruling on free places

08.07.10
Private schools are taking the charities watchdog to court after they were forced to offer more free places... more

Why not extradite terror suspects to US?

08.07.10
The decision of the European Court of Human Rights to delay the extradition of four terrorist suspects to the US seems an extraordinary intervention in our justice system... more

Olympics chiefs named on list of top quango salaries

02.07.10
Olympics bosses feature heavily on a six-figure salary list of 160 quango heads published by the Government... more

Islamic schools cleared by watchdog

07.06.10
Charity watchdog clears two Islamic schools which the Tories had accused of being 'front' organisations for extremists... more

Ex-aide held over Prince Charles charity ‘fraud’

27.04.10
Former aide to Prince Charles has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and money-laundering at Charles’s health charity... more

Watchdog probes anti-bullying helpline in Gordon Brown 'bully' scandal

26.02.10
Charity Commission inquiry gets under way into an anti-bullying helpline at the centre of a row over Gordon Brown's treatment of staff at 10 Downing Street... more

Tories: Private schools must help poor

24.12.09
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Prince Charles's buildings charity investigated by watchdog

14.09.09
Prince Charles faced further embarrassment after it emerges that his architecture foundation is being investigated by charity regulators... more

Private schools consider legal bid to preserve charity status

11.08.09
Legal challenge could be mounted by independent schools to preserve their charitable status and tax breaks worth £100 million a year... more

It’s right that we know who killed Baby Peter

11.08.09
We can, at last, put a name to the child known for months as Baby P. His name is Peter Connelly ... more

Learn from private schools, don't penalise them

15.07.09
Taxpayers may be wondering why Britain's 2,500 independent schools deserve a tax break worth £100 million each year... more

School fees will rise to pay for poor, say head

14.07.09
Middle-class parents will be forced to pay higher private school fees to subsidise places for poor children after a landmark ruling, headteachers warned... more

Private schools: We take more poor children

02.06.09
Private schools take in twice as many pupils from deprived backgrounds as top grammars and comprehensives, it was claimed... more

Tourist boom sparks revolt at Karl Marx’s resting place

01.05.09
The group which runs London’s best-known graveyard is being investigated by the charity watchdog after claims it is discouraging visitors... more

Royal charity’s lunch broke law

16.04.09
The Prince’s Trust breached charity law with a fundraising lunch with Baroness Thatcher, the Charity Commission ruled... more

Brown urged to stop youth centre closing

26.03.09
Gordon Brown is being called on to save a scheme that helps young people on one of London's most deprived estates... more

Half of charities failing to beat the downturn

17.03.09
Charities have warned they will have to cut back services with more than half already struggling because of the recession ... more

Top Tory will now keep £14 million divorce windfall meant for charity

19.12.08
Tory grandee Sir Paul Judge can keep a £14 million windfall originally earmarked for charity, the Appeal Court ruled... more

Private school fees may rise to help fund poorer pupils

17.12.08
Middle-class parents could face sharply rising private school fees to subsidise places for poorer children under changes in the law... more

Private school fees could rise to help poorer pupils

17.12.08
Middle-class parents could face sharply rising private school fees to subsidise places for poorer children under new laws... more

Roedean head slams Brown for 'hostility' to fee-paying

08.09.08
The head of a leading independent school today attacked Gordon Brown's "hostility" to private education... more

Brown links 'compromised think-tank's neutrality'

18.07.08
A think-tank which staged at least 42 events at 11 Downing Street while Gordon Brown was Chancellor has been rapped for compromising its independence... more

Planners reject 'superchurch' in Rainham

15.02.08
Plans for an £80 million "superchurch", which could hold five times as many worshippers as Westminster Abbey, have been rejected... more

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