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In a recent blog post, the Fundraising Regulator announced that it intends to develop a pathway for charities and other organisations involved in fundraising to “self-report” incidents that breach the Code of Fundraising Practice...

In one of the first tribunal cases to emerge from the first national lockdown, an employment tribunal has ruled that an employee had been fairly dismissed for refusing to come into work...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of healthcare and adult social care services in England, and regulates many charities providing these services...

Charities that transfer data from the EEA to the United Kingdom may have breathed a small sigh of relief when the EU Commission published draft adequacy decisions for transfers of personal data to the UK earlier this year...

The Charity Commission has updated its information relating to the recent consultation announced on draft guidance relating to "responsible investment" to confirm that two charities were granted permission to bring a case related to the issue to the High Court on 14 April...

Charities that supply services to public sector bodies, as well as those that find themselves subject to the procurement rules, should be aware that PPN 07/20, which relates to taking account of a bidder’s approach to payment in the procurement of major contracts, is now in force...

As part of step 2 of the Government’s coronavirus roadmap out of lockdown, the DCMS has announced that public fundraising by charities is permitted from 12 April...

The Government’s response to the 43 recommendations made by the Law Commission in its report on Technical Issues in Charity Law published three years ago should save charities not only a considerable amount of time, but also some significant costs...

The Government has recently published a Statement of Changes to the UK Immigration Rules which contains changes to work and study visa routes from April 2021...

Charities seeking to address topics that might be considered divisive may take some comfort from the news that the National Trust acted within its charitable purposes when it published an interim report last year which examined links between its properties and histories of colonialism and slavery...

With a greater emphasis in the sector on equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), as well as the ongoing need to ensure appropriate safeguarding of all those who come into contact with a charity,..

Charity employers are probably aware that the Government has recently expanded support for workplace testing for coronavirus, which is now available to employers with more than 50 employees...