Maternity Alliance to close
The Guardian reports that campaigning charity The Maternity Alliance is to close because of lack of funds.
The demise of the charity, which championed the rights of pregnant women, was blamed on the government’s move away from core funding to project funding.
Director Nancy Platts told The Guardian: “We are the equivalent of the small shopkeeper being squeezed out by the big supermarkets. The government, by making us bid for project-based income, is not recognising the very important gaps we filled.”
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