'You don't get anywhere being polite,' Clark scolds charities

By Nathalie Thomas, Third Sector, 9 May 2007

Shadow charities minister Greg Clark has accused the sector of failing to stand up to the Government over controversial issues.

Addressing charity chief executives and chairs at a breakfast meeting last week, Clark said he was surprised at the sector's passivity over the second Olympics raid on the National Lottery, which will cost arts and heritage charities £100m, according to some estimates. He also criticised charity leaders for their relative...

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