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Nick Clegg invites ideas on cutting charity sector red tape

07 Jul 2010 News

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is asking the British public which laws they want scrapped, including regulation of the charity sector.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is asking the British public which laws they want scrapped, including regulation of the charity sector.

The government has set up a website called Your Freedom on which the public can comment on laws they want repealed or changed. It includes a section on cutting business and voluntary sector regulation.

The site has attracted around 7,000 comments since its launch last week.

Ideas related to the sector included gift aid reform and increasing the charity regulation threshold to £10,000.

 

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