Editorial: This guidance avoids confrontation but does not solve the problem

By Stephen Cook, Third Sector, 23 January 2008

The Charity Commission's general guidance on the application of the public benefit test was published last week, clearing its biggest hurdle yet.

There was some sniping from the railings - The Daily Telegraph , unsurprisingly, called it a war on public schools - but nothing that really hit home. There are still a couple of laps to go, but Dame Suzi Leather and her team are entitled to feel that they will...

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