News analysis: The politics of charitable think tanks

By Helen Warrell, Third Sector, 30 July 2008

Recent Charity Commission reports have intensified the debate on how they should operate

The vexed issue of whether think tanks can - and should - operate as charities has historically raised questions from both sides of the political spectrum. Last week, as the Charity Commission chastised trustees at left-leaning think tank the Smith Institute for failing to protect the charity from allegations of...

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