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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Butler Social policy editor

Regulator vows crackdown on ‘squeamish’ charities rejecting donations

Orlando Fraser
Elsewhere in the speech Fraser accused wealthy British citizens of ‘not pulling their weight’ when it came to charitable giving. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian

The head of England’s charity regulator has promised to crack down on “squeamish” charity boards who reject large cash donations from corporations or wealthy philanthropists on moral grounds.

Orlando Fraser, the chair of the Charity Commission, said the regulator may intervene where trustees have rejected or returned donations simply because their “personal worldviews or preferences” were incompatible with those of the donor.

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