Report: Less trust in UK public charities

LONDON - The British public places less trust in charities than in the average person in the street, regulators said on Tuesday, following a year in which sex abuse scandals rocked the sector.

Nearly half the respondents in a survey said their trust in charities had fallen, compared to a third in 2016 and less than a fifth in 2014, according to the Charity Commission.

The body, which regulates charities in England and Wales, said rebuilding trust would depend on behavioral change.