# Conservatives offer £500 million to “nurture” charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/05/10/conservatives-offer-500m-quotnurturequot-charities/
- Published: 2001-05-10T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Conservative Party’s election manifesto promises to abolish irrecoverable VAT
and generate £500m to charities. The funding would be diverted from funds set aside
by Whitehall departments for the introduction of the Euro.

The Conservative Party’s election manifesto promises to abolish irrecoverable VAT
and generate £500m to charities. The funding would be diverted from funds set aside
by Whitehall departments for the introduction of the Euro.

Read Tories vow £500m boost to charity coffers by Nicola Hill at The Guardian.

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