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There are lessons to learn from the easy ride given to the UK charity
Audit office finds that defunct charity dominated public grants
Camila Batmanghelidjh and Alan Yentob deny group was badly run in bruising encounter
Sector hit by furore over aggressive fundraising and collapse of Kids Company
Recent scandals point to shortcomings in the voluntary sector
Charity Commission called to provide greater oversight while facing dwindling budget
Watchdog says its role is not to save organisations from collapse
Charity Commission does not have the authority to save failing organisations, writes William Shawcross
‘Third sector’ under growing pressure to provide statutory services as public spending is cut
From Live Aid to Kids Company, kindliness is embedded in stardom, says Ludovic Hunter-Tilney
Scrutinise organisations before you write a cheque
Those responsible for overseeing charity must explain what they did
Cabinet Office minister says public accounts committee may look into charity collapse
The Kids Company founder garnered support by speaking poverty to power
Civil servants and ministers said before election that cash should be redirected
Billions of taxpayer cash flows into the charity sector, but our money isn’t being spent as it should be
Fresh questions over government’s relationship with bankrupt charity
Some talk of fights and drugs but others say children caused no problems
Regulator acted on concerns expressed over how charity was run
Batmanghelidjh says charity treated ‘like a football’
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