article_snippet: Celebrities yesterday backed a charity over Joseph Rowntree Trust funding of controversial campaign group Cage.
article_snippet: Joseph Rowntree Trust was forced to halt further donations to controversial campaign group Cage – the organisation that came under fire after a senior figure praised Islamic State butcher Mohammed Emwazi.
article_snippet: Joseph Rowntree Trust links with the 'warped' group – and six-figure donations – highlighted by the Mail, prompted outrage from Westminster and the threat of a Charity Commission inquiry.
article_snippet: Joseph Rowntree Trust, along with the Roddick Foundation, was investigated by the Charity Commission over support for Cage.
article_snippet: Joseph Rowntree Trust reluctantly agreed to stop bankrolling Cage after Charity Commission officials threatened Joseph Rowntree Trust with a statutory inquiry.
article_snippet: The campaign group has been propped up largely by Joseph Rowntree Trust since 2007, with grants making a combined total of £305,000.
highlights_snippet: Celebrities backed charity over charity funding of controversial group Cage .
  