Controversial think tank influential amongst pro-Brexit ministers did not provide “balanced, neutral evidence and analysis” and was “not consistent” with the charity’s objectives.
Charities and voluntary sector organisations should protect the poor, sick and dispossessed by building alliances with those highlighting the damage caused by cuts and privatisation - not by queuing up for the spoils of these coalition policies.
As large charities succumb to market ideology, the fate of genuinely independent grassroots organisations - such as those supporting midwives and new mothers - hangs in the balance.
Late last week, leading charities became the latest organisations to come out against the Coalition's privatisation regulations. Ahead of the Lords vote on Wednesday, Scott Sinclair from Marie Curie sets out why they are against the government's regulations.
