INVESTIGATION: How the SNP spends billions ‘to buy loyalty from charities’
The Story2 Apr

INVESTIGATION: How the SNP spends billions ‘to buy loyalty from charities’

A Sunday Times investigation has found that, in Scotland, there are claims that the SNP has, in effect, shut down criticism from the charity and voluntary sectors because of a system that leaves them umbilically tied to its political objectives and fearing grave consequences if they step out of line.


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Illustration: Tony Bell.

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