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The colourful Kids Company founder lobbied fervently on behalf of disadvantaged children and teenagers
Insolvency Service to request eight people are disqualified from boards
A new verbatim theatre show about the Kids Company charity raises questions about the form
A psychotherapist’s advice on ways to avoid idealising managers or craving the worship of underlings
New government agency failed at ‘the bread and butter’ of its job
MPs outline ‘extraordinary catalogue of failures’ leading to the charity’s collapse
Charity’s finances still under investigation but claims of criminal activity ‘vague in detail’
Batmanghelidjh’s fighting spirit emerged again this summer as she fought to keep open the charity she founded
Pressure mounts for more professional approach after Kids Company scandal
Media coverage of failed charity was ‘proving a serious distraction’ to the broadcaster
‘Naive’ civil servants let charity spend £40m of taxpayers’ money
When executives fall for an employee and overpromote them, they ensure disaster
There are lessons to learn from the easy ride given to the UK charity
Audit office finds that defunct charity dominated public grants
Camila Batmanghelidjh and Alan Yentob deny group was badly run in bruising encounter
Sector hit by furore over aggressive fundraising and collapse of Kids Company
Recent scandals point to shortcomings in the voluntary sector
Watchdog says its role is not to save organisations from collapse
‘Third sector’ under growing pressure to provide statutory services as public spending is cut
Those responsible for overseeing charity must explain what they did
Cabinet Office minister says public accounts committee may look into charity collapse
The Kids Company founder garnered support by speaking poverty to power
Civil servants and ministers said before election that cash should be redirected
Fresh questions over government’s relationship with bankrupt charity
Some talk of fights and drugs but others say children caused no problems
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