Tories question additionality

By Mathew Little, Third Sector Online, 3 June 2008

The Conservatives have claimed that the Big Lottery Fund gave out £339,000 in grants last year that breached the 'additionality' principle, which says that it should only fund activities that are additional to core public sector responsibilities.

Labour's Lottery 'Godd Causes', a report by the Tories into alleged waste of good cause money under Labour, accuses the five main lottery distributors of giving £609,000 to statutory bodies in 2006/7. The report's author, shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt , said: "The National Lottery was established to fund good...

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