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Age UK insurance under fire as couple suffer 600 per cent increase

29 Jul 2010 | Finance | Niki May Young

Topics: Public service delivery | Mergers

An elderly couple has raised concerns over the Age UK insurance scheme which increased their travel insurance costs by 600 per cent following the Help the Aged and Age Concern merger.

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Battersea Dogs & Cats Home appoints new chair

Governance | Vibeka Mair
1 Jul 2010

Topics: Leadership and strategy | Human resources | Trustee boards

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home has appointed Heather Love as its new chair.

Opinion

Cometh the hour 1

Governance | Dorothy Dalton
1 Jul 2010

Topics: Charity Commission | Leadership and strategy

Dorothy Dalton asks if the time has come for the Charity Commission to change the way it works and for the sector to accept the changes?

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Sector needs specifics not rhetoric from government, demands peer

Finance | Daniel Phelan
1 Jul 2010

Topics: Social enterprise

Liberal Democrat peer Lord Newby has called for specific measures from the government to support charities, co-operatives and social enterprises.

Blogs

Joined-up government? Yeah right

Finance | Tania Mason
1 Jul 2010

Topics: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) | Statutory funding | Public service delivery

In the sad case of Refugee and Migrant Justice, the government has been trying to take with one hand while refusing to give with the other, says Tania Mason.

Thousands of people in desperate need will get no support and be in real danger; that is not just 'left-wing shock tactics' but the grim truth

» Cuts may prove to be a vital wake-up call to charities

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Insolvent refugee charity fails in High Court bid for interim relief

Finance | Tania Mason
1 Jul 2010

Topics: Law | Statutory funding

A High Court judge yesterday refused to order the Legal Services Commission to pay £600,000 to ensure that clients formerly represented by Refugee and Migrant Justice can continue to be represented by...