Electoral Commission says charities must declare all campaign spending since June last year, despite them not knowing a snap election would be called
UK charities face a permanent “chilling effect” on their campaigns after the Electoral Commission said they must declare any work that could be deemed political over the past 12 months to ensure they are not in breach of the Lobbying Act.
At least one charity has been warned that if it does not, it may face “civil or criminal sanctions”.
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Source: Guardian Climate Change