Parliamentary report says it was staggering that charity received millions without proving impact and calls for review of government grants to charities Vulnerable children across the country are likely to have lost out as a result of the government’s decision to treat Kids Company as a special case”, a parliamentary report has found.
The influential House of Commons public accounts committee said it was “staggering” that the failed charity – described by one official as “a prime minister-favoured charity” and by the committee as “a favourite of successive ministers” – was given more than £40m of taxpayers’ cash over 13 years without ministers having any concept what they were getting for it. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com