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The Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations has criticised the Scottish regulator, OSCR, for stepping “outside its regulatory remit” in draft guidance produced for charities on the Scottish independence referendum.
SCVO writes scathing response to OSCR guidance on political campaigning
After the Conservatives lauded the creation of a ‘Big Society’ as one of the goals of their government at the beginning of their term, the phrase itself has all but fallen off the media’s radar, according to exclusive data on media reportage of ‘Big Society’.
The new Right to Challenge power is a front for national charities to
raid public services; and a ‘Trojan horse’ to use the small VCS sector
to privatise public services, warns a new report.
Seventeen people who have contributed to the Big Society agenda were given tickets to the Olympics opening ceremony by David Cameron.
The term Big Society has been mentioned more by Labour MPs than Conservative MPs, according to data from charity website TheyWorkForYou.
Lord William Wallace of Saltaire, Cabinet Office spokesman in the House of Lords, told sector leaders yesterday that he "hopes" the government is making progress on delivering for civil society.
Sir Nicholas Young, chief executive of British Red Cross, has said the whinging of the voluntary sector to government can get depressing.
Steve Hilton is to take a year-long sabbatical from his role in government to become a visiting scholar at Stanford University in California.
Minister for civil society Nick Hurd yesterday released a breakdown of who is delivering National Citizen Service to 30,000 young people this summer.
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