Dead Giveaway

What with the economy being so much on the right track, it is just possible that some may have forgotten Daveybloke's Big Society thingy, the much-relaunched panacea whereby charities were to take over the less saleable functions of the evil public sector. It appears that the Osborne economic miracle has had an unfortunate effect on the voluntary sector, with possibly forty per cent of organisations facing closure thanks to an obscure and unforeseen social mechanism whereby increasing poverty and insecurity has deterred people from giving their money away. We could hardly have expected a chancellor of Osborne's calibre to see that coming; however, all is not yet lost. Recognising that the essence of charitable giving consists in tax avoidance by propertied strivers, the fiscal genius of the Bullingdon Club has lowered inheritance tax by four per cent and expressed a hope; which of course will help matters no end.