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Thanks to some digging by BuzzFeed News it is now clear that LGBT charity Broken Rainbow – which has received hundreds of thousands of pounds from the Home Office – collapsed in May amid tales of gross misspending and possible fraud.
The whistleblower who tipped off BuzzFeed has described the Broken Rainbow fiasco as Kids Company-esque in its nature, with talk of money being blown on first-class travel and luxury gifts.
The Charity Commission is “urgently” investigating.
What kind of due diligence did Theresa May’s department carry out before continuing to use public money to fund Broken Rainbow this year after it became clear it was in trouble?
What does May herself know about this scandal?
When asked these questions, a Home Office spokesman refused to answer.
It now looks like the Home Office is worried about this developing story.
It also looks like Theresa May has something to hide.
Safe hands?
The Charity Commission is probing the collapse of LGBT domestic violence Broken Rainbow, after allegations of mismanagement.
Broken Rainbow had provided the UK’s only national domestic violence helpline and support services tailored for the LGBT community – but had repeatedly warned it was facing a funding shortfall.
Despite the Home Office providing further funding earlier this year, the charity collapsed in May – with an insider blaming “major mismanagement” of funds for the issues.
Internal documents from the charity were this week leaked to Buzzfeed via a whistleblower, showing that donated funds were allegedly squandered on first-class travel for the charity’s execs, as well as luxury gifts..
According to the expose, large grants received from the Home Office and Comic Relief were often spent within 24 hours of payment – used to cover running costs, staff salaries and office expenses.
A Charity Commission spokesperson said: “The Commission received a complaint last year about the governance of the charity and alleged unauthorised payment of trustees.
“The Commission opened a regulatory compliance case and wrote to the charity in order to seek clarity on these issues. In June this year, a further complaint was made to the Commission.
“The Commission is urgently assessing these more serious concerns in order to determine what regulatory action may be required. We are also in contact with Home Office and the Official Receiver. The Commission’s case is ongoing.”
originally posted by: Kester
a reply to: uncommitted
It was (drumroll) tongue in cheek. But seriously she does let the mask slip sometimes. There's another moment in there when she looks unhealthily excited about her instructions being followed. She isn't nice. She's hiding a lot.
Please don't feel obliged to even glance at my threads. They're either ill-thought out, totally crazy, or just occasionally on a truly pivotal issue that is beyond the awareness of most. Specialist stuff, not for the casual reader.
originally posted by: Kester
a reply to: uncommitted
It was (drumroll) tongue in cheek. But seriously she does let the mask slip sometimes. There's another moment in there when she looks unhealthily excited about her instructions being followed. She isn't nice. She's hiding a lot.
Please don't feel obliged to even glance at my threads. They're either ill-thought out, totally crazy, or just occasionally on a truly pivotal issue that is beyond the awareness of most. Specialist stuff, not for the casual reader.
Tory leadership contender Andrea Leadsom is under pressure from some of her own supporters to “clear the air” with Theresa May after suggesting that she would make a better prime minister than the home secretary because she had children. Andrea Leadsom urged to sign 'clean campaign pledge' amid motherhood row Read more Leadsom, who is battling with May for the votes of some 150,000 party members in the race to become Tory leader and PM, provoked a furious reaction after making the comments in an interview with the Times. But while Leadsom insisted she had done nothing wrong and that she had been misrepresented, even MPs who have backed her campaign to date conceded privately that she had made a bad mistake and should apologise to May for giving the newspaper ammunition for such a story.
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he BBC's Norman Smith says, if Andrea Leadsom does pull out of the leadership race, a new leader and prime minister could be in place "much earlier than 9 September". Many would be asking "what on earth would be the reason" for Mr Cameron to stay in office with Mrs May "kicking her heels" waiting to take over. He says that transition could take place before Parliament breaks for the summer recess on 21 July. Norman suggests that Mrs Leadsom may not have been prepared for the scrutiny involved in front-line politics. "Clearly she has been bruised by the ferocity of the reaction" to her comments on motherhood.