Grant of £1m to 'fight terrorism'

By Helen Warrell, Third Sector, 7 March 2007

Neither the Treasury nor the Charity Commission can explain how the regulator will spend the £1m it was awarded last week to fight terrorism.

The new funding is part of a wider counter-terrorism finance strategy headed by economic secretary to the Treasury Ed Balls and Home Office minister Tony McNulty. The funding comes in advance of a joint report by the two government departments on terrorist abuse of charities, which is expected at the...

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