Charities say 'gag law' stops them speaking out on Tory social care plans Read moreThe Lobbying Act restricts what non-governmental organisations can say in the year before a general election. The charities come from across the spectrum, representing social care, health, poverty, environment, and vulnerable groups. They include household names such as the Sue Ryder nursing charity, AgeUK, Amnesty, the development charity Care, and Christian Aid. For instance, Christian Aid’s annual fundraising week fell after the prime minister Theresa May called the snap election. Greenpeace fined under Lobbying Act in 'act of civil disobedience' Read moreGreenpeace recently became the first charity to be fined for refusing to be regulated under the law, in an act of civil disobedience.

Source: The Guardian June 06, 2017 05:26 UTC