Provider made illegal gift

By Laura Marcus, Nursery World, 18 September 2008

One of the UK's largest out-of-school charities has had to take back a £7,500 donation it made to the Labour party because it was illegal.

Out-of-school club provider Catz Club, under its working name of Schoolfriend etc, recovered £15,000 from Labour under the supervision of the Charity Commission on 3 September. The Commission had received a complaint from Greg Clark, the Conservative Party's charities minister, on 28 August about a cash donation of £7,500 accepted by the Labour Party on 27 June. Schoolfriend etc said the £7,500 donation was an 'administrative error' made at the same time as another £7,500 payment to attend the Labour Party...

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