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HOPE not hate: Political Activities

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Question for Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UIN 11083, tabled on 24 October 2024

Question

Nick Timothy
Conservative
West Suffolk
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8925 on Charities: Political Activities, whether the Charity Commission plans to investigate political campaigning by HOPE not Hate (a) Limited and (b) Charitable Trust.

Answer

Stephanie Peacock
Labour
Barnsley South
Commons

Answered on

30 October 2024

Charities can undertake campaigning, awareness-raising and non-party political activities that support them in delivering their charitable purpose. Charities are not permitted to undertake any party-political activity.

HOPE not Hate Limited is not a charity; it is therefore not subject to the restrictions on political activity that apply to charities and does not come under the Charity Commission’s jurisdiction.

HOPE not Hate Charitable Trust is a charity and therefore does come under the Charity Commission’s jurisdiction and cannot engage in partisan political activity. The Charity Commission does not have an open regulatory case on HOPE Not Hate Charitable Trust.

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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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