Via the Kitchen, I see that Comic Relief is chucking money at Fake Charities: In 2004, Comic Relief funded Alcohol Concern and London Drug and Alcohol Network to produce an online toolkit that would help local alcohol leads develop and implement cross cutting local alcohol strategies. This means that people giving money to Comic Relief are actually then handing the money over to an organisation th...

Clive Betts teamed up with a bevy of MPs and Members of the House of Lords to complete a Westminster Mile for Sport Relief on Wednesday 10th March. More than 30 Parliamentarians, including Minister for Sport Gerry Sutcliffe, swapped their suits for shorts, trainers and Sport Relief Socks to test their sporting prowess in St James's Park. They were joined by former England Rugby player Kyran B...

From the Sunday Herald Trouble brewing over Iceland money Holyrood and Westminster battle looming over financial relief available to bail out councils who have lost money By Tom Gordon Scottish Political Editor Comment | Read Comments (10) RELATIONS BETWEEN the Scottish and UK governments are set to hit a new low this week, as the two sides fight over how to help Scottish councils with millions fr...

The Lib Dems are proposing to scrap higher rate tax relief on pension contributions, a move critics say would hit pension saving at a time when workplace pensions need encouragement

We can all sleep very soundly in our beds. With a generous passing hat-tip to the newly and quite rightly ennobled Alix Mortimer, Tatler, the home of stringent political analysis, have done us all a great favour and revealed the future Tory bright stars who are waiting in the wings to take the levers of power in Britain. Phew! What a relief! It turns out that they are all very talented indeed,

MPs and Peers ran the Westminster Mile on Wednesday to raise money for Sport Relief.

Tory MP for Monmouth David Davies was first of 40 MPs and peers to cross the line in the Sport Relief Westminster Mile.

Given the outcry about the proposed changes to capital gains tax taper relief, don't be surprised if the Government performs a U-turn in next year's Budget. Here are my predictions: They may decide to 'phase in' the abolition of the relief, in order to take some of the sting away. Maybe by tinkering with the rates somewhat. You can trust this Government to make things more complicated than they ne...

Scottish relief organisations working in the east of Africa have been given half a million pounds to help with their efforts.

Fr Tim Finigan writes: A couple of people have emailed me to ask about Comic Relief and the associated Red Nose Day which is coming up on 13 March. This is heavily promoted on the television and in advertising directed to young people. It is generally a bad idea to give money to generic fundraising initiatives of this kind. Far better to choose a few deserving and trustworthy charities yourself an...