UK charities call for end to 'gagging law' in run-up to elections
by Sandra Laville from on (#4VCXS)
NGO leaders say Lobbying Act stops them from representing the most vulnerable in society
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Leading charities are calling on the next government to lift the legal gag that prevents them from campaigning for the poor and marginalised in society.
Heads of non-governmental organisations, including Friends of the Earth, Shelter, Liberty, End Violence Against Women, the Quakers and the Howard League, have written to all of the main political parties calling for greater freedom to speak out.
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