And into the Labour Party.
A CHARITY that has had more than £840,000 of loans quietly written off by a government fund has made two unlawful donations to the Labour party.
Catz Club, which runs after-school clubs for children, paid £30,000 to attend two Labour fundraising events at Wembley stadium. Charity law bans the use of charitable funds to bank-roll political parties.
To be honest, while I know nothing of this specific charity, I can’t say that I’m surprised at the basic activity. They have form.
Like, umm, giving millions to the unions for "modernisation" and then getting millions in donations from the unions.
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1 Kit // Jan 4, 2009 at 12:59 pm
And creating and filling Quangos with supporters and family members.
2 Gareth // Jan 4, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Devil’s Kitchen and others have examples of equally pernicious but far, far larger abuse of taxpayer’s money - that of Government funding ‘charities’ to lobby the Government.
If the money wasn’t given volutarily, can it still be called a charity?
3 MarkS // Jan 4, 2009 at 4:47 pm
I think we may find that this sort of thing has been going on for some while and is of Madoff proportions.
4 Bishop Hill // Jan 5, 2009 at 8:30 am
One should note that Catz Club has been technically insolvent for some time.
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