The Times, UK
Public prejudice cost us charity tax break, Freemasons complain...
March 3 2014
Katie Gibbons
The Freemasons are deserving of charity and their wealth is just a myth, the Grand Lodge Secretary has claimed as the organisation reels from a recent tax tribunal defeat.
The Grand Lodge was deemed not “philanthropic” enough to qualify for a multimillion-pound tax break, despite coming second only to the National Lottery as a charitable giver.
Nigel Brown, the Grand Secretary of the Freemasons, has criticised last week’s ruling and suggested that the “myths surrounding Freemasonry” may have “skewed the ruling”.
As well as donating to hundreds of charities across the country with no Masonic ties, the Freemasons have four
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Nigel Brown, Secretary of the United Grand Lodge of England Times Newspapers Ltd
