Charity and the (UK) Charity Commission
This 1999 article by the then commissioner of the UK Charities Commission outlines the aims, objectives and functions of the commission and some of the issues and tensions in the relationship between Government and voluntary bodies.
The full article, by Richard Fries, was published in The International Journal of Not For Profit Law and is available at www.icnl.org/journal/vol2iss1/rfries.htm.