Analysis: Charity lotteries - high stakes in the game of chance

21 May 2013

The Health Lottery has set the cat among the pigeons, challenging the National Lottery and putting the rules for charity lotteries up for debate. Jenna Pudelek reports

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The winners at this year's Business Charity Awards

The Co-operative Group and British Gas are among the big winners at the Business Charity Awards

Divisions of the Co-op picked up three prizes and the energy supplier took Business of the Year at last night's ceremony in London

Second charity involved in business rates dispute

Charity Commission draws attention to the Kenya Aid Programme, which is disputing £1.6m in unpaid rates claimed by Sheffield City Council

Specialist subcontractors involved in Work Programme 'need more protection'

Report by the Commons Work and Pensions Committee says organisations working with the hardest to employ cases are getting fewer referrals than they expected

CVS application for judicial review of contract decision is rejected

Liz Tapner, head of the social enterprise body Selnet, says fighting the challenge from Council for Voluntary Service Central Lancashire has been costly

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The Cup Trust

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