The Charity Commission has confirmed it is assessing a complaint regarding the NSPCC's involvement in Rantzen's campaign to be elected in the Bedfordshire constituency.
A complaint made to the commission claims Rantzen has a personal assistant (PA) working on her campaign, whose salary is half-funded by NSPCC. Rantzen founded ChildLine, which merged with NSPCC in 2005.
Charity Commission rules on the election make it clear that charitable organisations must remain independent from political parties and candidates.
The regulations state charities "must not encourage support for any particular parties or candidates".
The individual who lodged the grievance with the Charity Commission wished to remain anonymous but told CYP Now: "People work very hard to raise money for the NSPCC. I don't think they're doing that to help Esther Rantzen get elected."
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