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| Kids Company closure: David Cameron defends £3m grant to closed charity | Kids Company closure: David Cameron defends £3m grant to closed charity |
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| Prime Minister David Cameron has defended the government's decision to give charity Kids Company £3m one week before its closure, saying it had been right to give it "one last chance". | |
| Ministers approved the grant despite warnings from senior civil servants about the charity. | Ministers approved the grant despite warnings from senior civil servants about the charity. |
| Mr Cameron said the grant had given the charity a final chance to restructure and to "continue its excellent work". | Mr Cameron said the grant had given the charity a final chance to restructure and to "continue its excellent work". |
| Supporters of the closed charity have been taking part in a march in London. | Supporters of the closed charity have been taking part in a march in London. |
| Kids Company closed on Wednesday after ministers said they wanted to recover the grant. | |
| The Cabinet Office said it believed conditions attached to the use of the money had not been met. | |
| Charity founder Camila Batmanghelidjh has rejected claims of financial mismanagement at the charity. | |
| During a visit to the National Citizen Service, a social enterprise that helps teenagers with training and life skills, Mr Cameron said: "The government thought it was the right thing to do to give this charity [Kids Company] one last chance of restructuring to try and make sure it could continue its excellent work. | |
| "Sadly that didn't happen, not least because of the allegations that were made and private donors withdrawing their money. | |
| "But I think the government was right to say 'let's have one last go', to try and keep this charity going, given the excellent work it's done for so many young people." | |
| Mr Cameron said he was "sad" the charity had "come to an end". |