Charities urge Boris Johnson to begin donating vaccines to poorer nations or risk ‘hoarding’ supplies while frontline workers are exposed to Covid Charities say UK is on track to have more than 100million surplus vaccine doses They say that’s enough to vaccinate world’s frontline health workers twice over Government has spent £548m on programme to deliver … Read more
Charities threaten legal challenge over Boris Johnson’s bid to cut the foreign aid budget Charities could take Government to court over planned £4bn cut to aid budget Ministers had announced lowering spending target from 0.7 to 0.5% of GDP But planned reduction may now only be for one year amid fears of a revolt Believed … Read more
More than 120 charities are accused of wasting money from donations on ‘woke’ courses by giving staff unconscious bias training despite government advice Charities including Red Cross and Age UK paid for the unconscious bias training Last year the Government ordered departments to scrap it as it ‘did not work’ MP Ben Bradley said the … Read more
Charities such as the National Trust should avoid being dragged into culture wars about ‘wokedom’ because they risk damaging the entire sector, the head of the Charity Commission has said. The intervention by Baroness Stowell of Beeston follows the report in last week’s Mail on Sunday about a group of more than 25 MPs who … Read more
An 11-year-old girl has managed to reach 7.1million keepy-uppies, one for every UK key worker, to raise money for a number of charities. Football fan Imogen Papworth-Heidel, from Hauxton, near Cambridge, did the last 3,000 keepy-uppies at Cambridge United’s Abbey Stadium on Wednesday. She has raised more than £10,800 for nine charities. Imogen completed a … Read more
Dog charities are warning animal lovers not to rush into adopting a pet following a steep rise in puppy prices amid the pandemic. Lockdown saw a surge in Britons seeking canine companions across the country, with searches for ‘buy a puppy’ up by 166 per cent. As a result, the cost of puppies of popular … Read more
They haven’t had much to cheer about in 2020. But at least some of Britain’s best-loved charities have one reason to smile this week – an early Christmas present of sorts, courtesy of Mail Force. Our charitable campaign, started by this newspaper and backed by our generous readers, is on the road once again with … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: ‘I’m sick of rich people not paying’: ‘Saddened’ Caprice claims she and her millionaire husband Ty are bailing out charities after they’ve been let down by celebrities By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 14:42 BST, 2 September 2020 | Updated: 14:51 BST, 2 September 2020 Caprice shared an impassioned video on Instagram on Wednesday … Read more
Treasury says widespread evasion and avoidance of business rates eating into £25bn a year raised through the tax By Dan Atkinson, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:48 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 21:48 BST, 29 August 2020 Widespread evasion and avoidance of business rates is eating into the £25billion a year raised through the … Read more
Charities warn of a ‘devastating homelessness crisis’ in the coming months after statistics show more than 75,000 households were homeless or at risk of becoming so BEFORE lockdown Some 37,000 households assessed as homeless between January and March A further 38,000 were assessed as being at risk of becoming homeless soon Pre-lockdown figures spark charity … Read more