Compact in action: The Learning and Skills Council

By John Plummer, Third Sector, 6 February 2008

The organisation is reviewing its relationship with the sector after a controversial court case.

"Pernicious, draconian and bullying." That was how the NCVO described the Learning and Skills Council last year. The non-departmental government organisation incurred the umbrella body's wrath when it sued a small voluntary organisation, Kids in Communication, for failing to meet the terms of a contract worth £119,000 ( Third Sector...

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