In the budget last month, our UK Chancellor Mr Osborne announced measures to reduce the amount of tax relief a person can claim. The new cap on tax relief will limit to £50,000 or 25% of income the amount of tax relief a taxpayer may claim. I, as a charity fundraiser, am also concerned at the implications of such proposal. I hear the government is telling us these measures will be in place to stamp out overuse of tax avoidance. Well I am very surprised and confused that on one hand the

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Our Prime Minister David Cameron is on a ‘mission’. His mission is to make the Big Society idea succeed. Charities and voluntary organisations are invited to become part of the Big Society. He would like to see charities and voluntary groups and their volunteers come forward and take more responsibilities and solve society’s problems. Mr Cameron would like the local bodies to transfer some of the statutory provided services to charities and voluntary community organisations.

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