Labour forced to pay back charity's donation

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 5 September 2008

The Labour Party has refunded a £7,500 donation from a children's charity after a Conservative front bencher complained to the Charity Commission.

The commission investigated the complaint about Catz Club - which uses the working name of Schoolfriendetc - when it was made by Greg Clark, the shadow charities minister, at the end of last month. Andrew Hind, chief executive of the commission, said: "Donations to political parties are absolutely prohibited for...

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