Community Newswire: "GOVERNMENT LOBBIED OVER CHARITIES BILL
By Rosamond Hutt, Community Newswire
SOCIAL Charities, 07 Apr 2006 - 17:11
Charity chiefs were today lobbying Home Secretary Charles Clarke over concerns a draft law will not force charitable organisations which charge high fees for their services to prove they are benefiting the entire community.
Chief executives from six leading charities - the British Red Cross, Citizens Advice, NCVO, Leonard Cheshire, RNID and Help the Aged - wrote to Mr Clarke today calling on him to clarify a clause in the Charities Bill.
They want the legislation redrafted to ensure all organisations are obliged to show they exist to benefit the public in the same way before they can be granted charitable status."
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