Opinion: Let's have a bidding war, Labour versus the Tories

By Rosamund McCarthy, Third Sector, 8 October 2008

Voluntary organisations sometimes fail to understand how powerful they are, not least on the political front.

Policy pledges to ensure a thriving third sector should be the foundation of all political party manifestos. So as the buzz of the conference season recedes, it's time to seize an unprecedented opportunity to dictate our own terms instead of letting both Labour and the Conservatives off the hook. Like...

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