Charity funding

Radical changes in funding for charities will allow improvement in services to the public over the next five years, Alan Milburn has said.

The Cabinet minister's speech, made at the launch of a Home Office-funded report by the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO), argued that charities and not-for-profit organisations are held back by problematic and wasteful contracts with government.

Government Response: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster:

Alan Milburn said: "ACEVO is leading the debate about how the voluntary sector can make a bigger contribution to the reforms and improvements that are needed both in public services and wider society.