Go forth and 'campaign with confidence'

By Rosie Walker, Third Sector, 12 March 2008

Advocates of reform of the rules on campaigning and political activity by charities have welcomed the Charity Commission's new guidance on the matter.

Released last week, the guidance states explicitly that political activity - seeking to influence a specific law or a policy of central or local government - is legitimate, provided it is not a charity's "continuing and sole" activity (Third Sector Online, 5 March). The commission has removed the 'dominant/ancillary rule'...

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