Charities Opinion The Guardian view on the Charity Commission: guarantor of public generosity More than £9bn a year is given by people who want to do good. Their confidence must be protected by rigorous monitoring of charities’ activities Tina Stowell, the new chair of the Charity Commission, who will face some hard questions when she appears before MPs next week. Photograph: Ben Quinton for the GuardianThe Charity Commission has launched a statutory inquiry into Oxfam as part of its duty to promote trust and public confidence in charities. Get this wrong, and public faith in the value of supporting charities – generosity worth nearly £10bn a year – is itself threatened. The Charity Commission inquiry must be the start of a process of repair.

Source: The Guardian February 13, 2018 17:58 UTC