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The Public Administration Select Committee ranged far and wide in its questioning of Thomas Hughes-Hallett and Sir Stuart Etherington earlier this week. In other news, St John Ambulance is overhauling its governance structure and former Barclays Group chief John Varley has joined Marie Curie Cancer Care as chair.
 

Etherington defends £80,000 wages at NCVO
 

St John Ambulance reviews governance structure
 

Charities' spend on advertising rapped by MPs
 

Localism Bill passes to Public Bill Committee
 

The Localism Bill debate reached fever pitch in Parliament this week with 40 speakers entering discussions at the Bill's second reading in the House of Commons.

NCVO and CFDG at odds over Commission's advice role
 

The Charity Commission should cease giving advice on good practice and acting as a 'friend' of the sector, and focus on its regulatory role, the NCVO has suggested in its response to the Commission's strategic review consultation.

Charity Commission publishes guidance on referendums
 

The Charity Commission has expanded its guidance on Charities and Elections to include a new short section on referendums.

Voluntary sector employee pool drops by 2 per cent
 

Latest Labour Force Survey figures for the third quarter of 2010 show that the voluntary sector now employs 793,000 people, a slight decrease of 2 per cent since the last quarter. 

Marie Curie appoints Project Merlin figurehead as chair
 

Former Barclays Group chief executive John Varley, who led the secretive Project Merlin campaign to transform the banking sector's image after the financial crisis, has been appointed as Marie Curie Cancer Care's chairman.

CAF communications director takes sudden exit
 

The Charities Aid Foundation has been left without a communications director following the swift exit of Mark Webster to concentrate on his freelance career.

Dream big for our boards
 

Our aspirations for the performance of boards in the not-for-profit sector must equal or surpass the calibre of boards in any other sector, says Judith Davey.