Charities urge Prime Minster to reconsider
On Saturday the government announced plans to insert a clause into all grant agreements from 1 May to prevent such funds from being used by charities to lobby government.
The heads of more than 130 charities including VONNE have written a joint letter to David Cameron, urging him to reconsider plans, with NCVO saying the move was "tantamount to making charities take a vow of silence and goes against the spirit of open policy making that this government has hitherto championed'".
The letter sent to Downing Street yesterday by a range of charities and umbrella bodies says the proposals are "flawed in principle, for they may actually cost the taxpayer more money through limiting the range of insight that policymakers can draw upon".
Read Jane's blog on why this government move is a threat to the sector