Hello and welcome to the Guardian Voluntary Sector Network's daily digest. This is our space to tell you the latest news, advice and analysis from the sector.
• On the network today, Tim Smedley describes how the rise of online communities are enabling a bottom-up rather than top-down approach to city development.
• Also on the network, Aimee Meade rounds up reactions to the 2013 autumn statement from across the voluntary sector.
• Likewise, the BBC reports that £100m of money gathered from UK banks in Libor fines will go to military charities and the work of ambulance and police services.
• Similary, Third Sector reports on how ministers will legislate to prevent tax relief for charities being used for tax avoidance. The government will introduce legislation to amend the definition of a charity to ensure that charities set up for tax-avoidance purposes cannot claim any relief, according to yesterday's autumn statement.
• Following the loss of Nelson Mandela, The Telegraph dicusses how his charities, which focus on schemes dealing with Aids, education and others, are helping to continue his legacy.
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