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<p>Civil society forms an essential part of our communities up and down the country.
It includes large, national charities, social enterprises, volunteers and small grassroots
organisations but what joins them all is the idea of creating social value to help
build a better society.</p><p> </p><p>Government funding to civil society is ring-fenced
for particular projects or programmes. Grant agreement terms and conditions prohibit
grant funding being used for paid for lobbying and political campaigning.</p><p> </p><p>HMT
has not contributed towards any funding for either civil society or campaigning bodies
in any of the last 5 years.</p>
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