The Charity Commission is considering telling the public not to donate to charities that fail to file their accounts on time.

HMRC’s policy adviser on charities has emphasised the scale of the charity fraud and tax-avoidance problem – by describing it as an industry of its own.

A consortium of major charities in the North of England has been formed to bid for prisoner rehabilitation contracts following the Justice Secretary's rehabilitation reforms announced in the Queen's speech on Wednesday.

Breast Cancer Campaign has called for a change to gift aid legislation to allow employers to sign a single gift aid declaration form for all their staff, as it claims it is missing out on “hundreds of thousands of pounds” each year.