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FT.com / Your money - Give more to charities and less to the taxman: "Give more to charities and less to the taxman
By Sarah Ross
Published: October 22 2004 16:22 | Last updated: October 22 2004 16:22

As the first National Giving Week comes to an end today, research suggests that individual gifts to charity are falling even though people are getting wealthier. On average, households spend three times as much on tobacco, and 3� times as much on alcohol, as they spend on charitable donations, according to the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)."