Law / policy

The £20 notes with Sir Edward Elgar on the reverse are being phased out, and from 30 June will no longer be legal tender.

The House of Prayer, a controversial religious centre in the west of Ireland, faces a tax bill of more than €125,000 if the Revenue Commissioners do not reverse their decision to remove its charitab

The Public Fundraising Regulatory Association (PFRA), the self-regulatory body for direct debit public fundraising, is to advise its members on how to conform with new requirements on fundraising in C

The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland has appointed its first chief executive.

Gift Aid reform is at the top of the Conservative Party's agenda for the voluntary sector to ease the bureaucratic burden for charities, said shadow charities minister Nick Hurd yesterday.

Money raised for Haiti at a coursing event has been refused by overseas development charity Goal after protests by the Irish Council Against Blood Sports.

The Charity Commission reports that last year 20% of charities in England and Wales failed to submit their accounts and Annual Returns on time.

A British Red Cross van was flagged down and stolen yesterday in south-east London on its way to collect goods donated to the Red Cross.

A third of charity managers and trustees across the country are unaware of the Government's recently introduced requirements to vet staff and volunteers, according to a survey by specialist charity in

Gardaí are investigating bogus charity workers who took up a collection for the victims of Haiti's earthquake last weekend, according to the Irish Times.