Tories pledge to protect sector lottery funding

By Ben Cook, Third Sector Online, 7 February 2008

The Conservative Party has announced proposals it says would protect National Lottery good causes money from government raids and raise an additional £182m for the voluntary sector and grass-roots sports and arts projects.

The National Lottery Independence Bill – launched by Conservative Party leader David Cameron and shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt – pledges to reform the National Lottery by “restoring its independence from the Government and politicians”, as well as maximising returns for the “original good causes of sport, the arts, heritage...

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