The Charities Commission has warned the RSPCA that its prosecutions of hunts must be “cost-effective”

The warning follows the charity’s successful prosecution of David Cameron’s local hunt, the Oxfordshire Heythrop, for a reported cost of £326,000 from the RSPCA’s reserves of £100 million.

The warning follows complaints to the Commission from Cameron acolytes Lord Heseltine and MP Simon Hart, a former chief executive of the Countryside Alliance, the sad PR machine supporting blood sports for commercial reasons.