The UK government has promised to be "responsive" and collaborate with charities in the new civil society covenant, launched today by Prime Minister Kier Starmer and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy, at a summit at the Science Museum.
It is hoped that the covenant will reset the working relationship and build trust between the government and civil society organisations. "It presents the opportunity to forge a new relationship where government, both national and local, can partner with civil society to create change that lasts generations," the document foreword says, assuring that it will also protect the independence of civil society to hold government to account. Read more on this here.