In a ruling by the Charity Commission announced this week, charities will now be able to deliver e-Government services at a local level. According to eGov monitor, public bodies will now be able to contract out to charity, services which they have a statutory duty to provide.

A review by the sector regulators, the Charity Commission, has resulted in a change to the scope of service activities that existing charities are permitted to undertake. This paves the way for charities to act as intermediaries or even the sole deliverers of e-Government services at the local level.

The full decision can be found at the Commission’s website at www.charity-commission.gov.uk under ‘Decisions of the Commissioners’.