Charities must be allowed to campaign, Sir Stephen Bubb tells committee of MPs - Third Sector

Charities must be allowed to campaign, Sir Stephen Bubb tells committee of MPs - Third Sector: "Acevo chief executive counters concerns about spending on campaigning and advertising

Charities must be free to campaign in order to hold the government to account, Acevo chief executive Sir Stephen Bubb told a committee of MPs yesterday.

Bubb, speaking at the fifth evidence session of the Public Administration Select Committee inquiry into the big society, said charities had a strong tradition of 'working with government to change laws and also kicking government when it gets things wrong'."