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Keep it legal: Religion and public benefit

By Robert Nieri, Third Sector, 2 July 2008

Despite all the media coverage about independent schools, the biggest response to the Charity Commission's initial consultation on public benefit came from religious organisations.

The issue has clearly caused a great deal of debate and we await with interest the outcome of the commission's recent consultation on its draft supplementary guidance in this area, which has just closed. Under the established law, some religions, such as Buddhism, do not recognise a god and, instead,...

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