Sector deserves more respect, says Miliband

By John Plummer, Third Sector Online, 20 February 2008

Cabinet office minister Ed Miliband has admitted that the Government is failing to show enough respect to voluntary organisations.

Speaking at yesterday’s NCVO conference in London, Miliband said partnership and respect were the watchwords in the relationship between the state and the third sector and that “government needs to do a better job of showing that respect”. He identified three solutions: more long-term funding, a greater understanding of the...

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