Budget cuts cause concern at Charity Commission

By Helen Warrell, Third Sector Online, 10 October 2007

The Charity Commission has warned that carrying out new responsibilities under the Charities Act will be a "tough challenge" after the announcement in yesterday's Comprehensive Spending Review that the regulator's budget is to drop by 5 per cent each year for three years.

In the short term, the commission has been allocated £500,000 to cover new work under the act in 2007/08 and £1m to implement a counter-terrorism strategy in the same period. But the new spending arrangements, set out by Chancellor Alistair Darling, confirmed that the commission’s baseline funding will decline steadily...

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