Where does charity begin and politics end?

The article considers whether it is time to reconsider the line between charity and political activities. The law states that to be a charity, an organisation must have exclusively charitable purposes and satisfy the requirement of public benefit. However, the rule against political activity forces organisations to be overly cautious in their campaigning in order to avoid the possibility of losing their charitable status. The article argues for a more robust legal framework which acknowledges that there is no need for special rules relating to political objectives and that trusts for political purposes should be determined in the ordinary way by the test of public benefit