Sunday, 4 November 2018

Homeless Charity Head 'Gagged' Over Universal Credit Remarks


A charity head said she was told her organisation may miss out on National Lottery funding if she continued to criticise universal credit. CEO of Humanity Torbay, Ellie Waugh, posted a video saying she was told to stop speaking out about contentious issues or risk losing out on a grant. In a statement, the Big Lottery Fund said it was "concerned" about the case. It said it did not withhold funding from organisations on the basis of what they said publicly on social issues. Read more on the BBC website.

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