‘Charity Commission must investigate work of Care 4 Calais,’ says Conservative campaigner

The director of Popular Conservatives has said there are grounds for a Charity Commission investigation into the activities of Care 4 Calais.

Responding to claims that the charity is encouraging people to cross the Channel, Mark Littlewood told GB News: “There is a fine line… I think if you’re dancing on a fine line you owe it to the media and the public to explain exactly which side of that line you’re on.

“I think there are two questions here that need to be unraveled somewhat. The first is, are any of these groups or individuals involved in illegal or criminal activities, in which case they should be arrested and prosecuted if that is indeed the case.

“The second is, should they be charities? The basic concept behind charity law is that you get charitable status if you do something that would otherwise have to be done by the state.

“So if you run a soup kitchen, for example, the argument could be that otherwise the state should be providing this kind of food for people. And I wonder whether any of these groups should be charities at all.

“Are they doing things that would otherwise be done by the British government? I certainly hope not, unless the government’s immigration policy is even crazier than I think.

“Imagine you work for a drug rehabilitation charity, you are likely to deal with people who you know are in possession of illegal drugs.

“You have to be very careful about that. You don’t want to help them find suppliers or enrich the mafia that gives them drugs. But it’s a fine line, and there I go again and say:

“I hope Keir Starmer looks at it. If he does, he hasn’t made any statement to that effect, and neither has the government.

“But there are fine lines, transparency and openness about exactly what you do and what you don’t do and what your protocols are, and answering questions from the media and the public has to be done quickly, smoothly and honestly.

“I think we should probably start with the Charity Commission. Their job is to make sure that charities of all kinds behave in the right way… the first burden is on them, they have to get on with it.”

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