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Today's Budget contains a raft of measures that will affect charities, and the consensus from the sector seems to be that they are generally positive. 

Budget unveils 'most radical reforms to charitable giving for 20 years'
  

Charities will no longer have to obtain signed gift aid declarations on the first £5,000 of small donations per year in order for those donations to qualify for the tax relief, Chancellor George Osbourne announced in his Budget speech today.

Budget announcements on gift aid and inheritance tax welcomed by charity sector
  

Changes to gift aid, inheritance tax and mileage rates have been welcomed by sector leaders after a Budget announcement hailed as the "best Budget for charities in years".

The Philanthropy Review must be doing something right...
  

Hats off to the Philanthropy Review, says Tania Mason, for doing in a few short weeks what others have been unable to achieve in a lot longer.

"It's refreshing to hear the chancellor making reference specifically to the charity and voluntary sector rather than having to scrutinise the background papers for details of how announcements might impact us."

"The new incentive to leave money for charity in your will is attractive and will go some way towards making this a norm."

"It's great that charities will directly benefit from today's budget. The 2013 online system of processing gift aid is well overdue and will save both time and money for charities claiming gift aid relief."