Government consults about making Compact statutory

By By Andy Ricketts, Third Sector Online, 8 July 2008

The Compact could be put on a statutory footing by 2010.

The Government has asked the Commission for the Compact to begin a consultation on whether the agreement should be backed by law. Third sector minister Phil Hope asked the commission to carry out a three-month consultation on whether the Compact, a voluntary agreement that sets out how public bodies and...

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