Episode 4: Budget week, AI grant assessors and a £4m fund
In episode 4, Hannah, Owen and Tom look ahead to tomorrow's Budget, with inflation up to 3.5% and planned changes to the Green Book rules for judging public spending. They cover an open letter asking the new charities minister for a review of charity infrastructure, worries about a proposed lobbying register, and the Clothworkers' Foundation trialling AI to help assess grant applications. Plus clean energy money in Wales, Creative Scotland's call for expressions of interest, the Commercial Payments Bill, standout new grants including the reopened £4m Flexible Finance Fund, the deadlines in…
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