How Comic Relief invests millions in arms, tobacco and alcohol

Comic Relief was yesterday accused of misleading donors by investing millions of pounds raised during televised appeals in tobacco, alcohol and the arms industry.

The charity – which claims that ‘every penny’ given by the public helps good causes – pumps cash into the companies even as it backs projects to help victims of smoking-related illnesses, alcohol abuse and war.

According to a BBC Panorama expose, the charity is also sitting on £100million donated by the public and refuses to say how the money is being invested .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk