LURKING DANGER Convictions for animal cruelty and neglect increased by a third between 2011 and 2012, according to the RSPCA which says it is struggling to cope…

MIS-USES OF CHARITIES Charities used for avoidance of tax, and business rates have been in the news recently…

BANKING ON BEING FED According to the Trussell Trust, the UK’s largest food crisis charity the number of people getting help from their food banks tripled to 350,000 …

UNFASHIONABLE ETHICS Despite the best efforts of charity People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) real fur, skinned from real animals and some alive at the time, is back in fashion for the rich.

BEEB AT BAY The BBC has apologised to military charity Help for Heroes over a “flawed report” on its Newsnight programme which it has now admitted was …

FUTURE UNCERTAN Charities relying on the patronage of the Prince of Wales are concerned for their future if and when their patron accedes to the throne…