article_snippet.sent: Vera Baird donated £500,000 to Victims First Northumbria, a charity which supports crime victims in Vera Baird area and of which Vera Baird is a director.
article_snippet.sent: Vera Baird, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, faces a Ministry of Justice Justice investigation after allocating more than £500,00 of public money to a charity of which she is the director .
article_snippet.sent: Last month Ms Baird boasted of the securing of funds for the charity in an article on Ms Baird website. '
article_snippet.sent: In an article on the charity's website, Ms Baird boasted of securing the funds from the public purse last month .
article_snippet.sent: Ms Baird stood by Mrs Sim decision today, telling MailOnline: 'All Ministry of Justice procedures and protocols were adhered to.
article_snippet.sent: A Ministry of Justice Justice spokesman confirmed an investigation that was spearheaded by Ms Baird, her co-director at
highlights_snippet.sent: Vera Baird has allocated £500,000 to be given to Victims First Northumbria .
  