Rhythmix: social rights, corporate wrongs, and the X-Factor trademark battle
Mark Davyd explains how Simon Cowell attempted to wreck his charity by copyrighting a name they’d used for years, and is now making them pay £8,000 fees.
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Memo to Cameron: The rich give less to charity
The rich give less to charity than the poor, making David Cameron’s Tory mission to roll back the frontiers of the state are deeply, deeply regressive.
As Cameron talks up the Big Society, it’s crashing down
Isn’t it odd that every Big Society re-launch by David Cameron appears to be accompanied by another dozen charities going under? Dominc Browne investigates.
Orange and T-Mobile alone in top slicing charitable text donations
Orange and T-Mobile are continuing to cream off charitable donations made by text message. A campaign is now underway to get Minister for Civil Society, Nick Hurd MP, to take action.
Conservatives build volunteers up then knock them down
David Cameron’s confused message over the Big Society took another blow after it was announced a charity at its forefront had its funding axed by the government.