BBC charities are set to lose money

By Mathew Little, Third Sector, 9 January 2008

The BBC's three affiliated charities - Children in Need, Comic Relief and Sport Relief - are likely to lose money after the broadcaster announced that the cost of calls to its programmes will be capped at 15p.

The move is designed to restore confidence in televised competitions after details emerged about a series of rigged contests. Although direct appeals by Children in Need, Comic Relief and Sport Relief have been exempted from the new policy, programmes such as Strictly Come Dancing, which make donations to these three...

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