Brown ponders solution to charities' lost £200m

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 6 November 2008

Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he is considering a number of measures to protect the voluntary sector in the wake of the potential loss by charities of up to £200m in collapsed Icelandic banks.

Brown was responding to a question during Prime Minister's Questions from Nick Hurd, the shadow charities minister. Hurd asked: "Will the Government introduce measures to support that vital sector before it has to start cutting services to the people most vulnerable to a deep recession?" Brown replied that he also...

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