Minister to ask about Labour-leaning Catz Club staff

By John Plummer, Third Sector Online, 9 October 2008

New Cabinet Office minister Liam Byrne has agreed to make inquiries about the roles played by two people with Labour Party connections in the funding of childcare charity Catz Club by Futurebuilders England.

Margaret McDonagh, former general secretary of the Labour Party , is a former trustee of the childcare charity, which trades under the name Schoolfriendetc . Amanda Delew, who fundraises for the charity, is an ex-Labour fundraiser. Futurebuilders , a £215m government fund to help charities deliver public services, awarded a...

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