Commission critical, Burnham’s DCMS reshuffle and CAF Bank chaos

<p>Host Emily Burt is joined by Third Sector colleagues Andy Ricketts and Emily Harle to talk about three significant sector stories from the past month.</p><p>Andy recounts an “embarrassing misstep” for the Charity Commission, after the regulator was found to have <a href="https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/commission-contempt-parliament-row-ombudsman-committee-concludes/governance/article/1964678" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">committed a contempt of parliament</a> in seeking to prevent a set of critical reports from being laid before the house. Emily Harle <a href="https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/lara-hall-the-charity-commission-not-fit-purpose-leaves-sector-incredibly-vulnerable/governance/article/1964980" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hears from one of the whistleblowers at the heart of the row</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>The team discuss Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s first days in post, including the decision to <a href="https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/impact-economy-office-moves-departments/policy-and-politics/article/1965240" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">move the Office for the Impact Economy</a> from the Cabinet Office to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.&nbsp;</p><p>And Emily reports on the <a href="https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/charities-unable-pay-staff-amid-caf-bank-outage-following-attempted-fraudulent-activity/finance/article/1965909" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CAF Bank outage</a> that has left thousands of charities unable to pay staff, suppliers and bills.</p>

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