Commission suggests charging charities or top-slicing gift aid to fund its services
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23 May 2013 | Vibeka Mair

The Charity Commission has suggested to the Treasury that it takes a slice of gift aid or places a direct levy on charities, as it warns it cannot sustain a further 10 per cent funding cut expected in the government’s upcoming spending review.

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