The Home Office said the funding would ensure the as yet unnamed charity implementing the recommendations of the Russell Commission will be in a strong position when it launches on 8 May.
Rod Aldridge, who resigned as executive chairman of IT outsourcing company Capita last week after it was revealed he had lent the Labour Party 1m, will chair the charity. A spokesman for the Home Office said his appointment was made by an independent panel.
Aldridge will be supported by a board of trustees, including four young people selected from the charity's youth advisory board, V20. They are: Philip Udeh, 24; Sarah Ford, 20; Jay Okwera, 22; and Sarah Reynolds, 19.
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