Tesco accused of being ‘bullied’ into dropping group

Tesco has been accused of being ‘bullied’ into its decision to remove a group from its Community Fund charity initiative following complaints that the cause was ‘politically motivated’ and campaigns in support of the ban on abortion.

A member of the public contacted Tesco via social media on Wednesday night to complain about the inclusion of the Every Life Counts group in its Community Fund drive.

The initiative sees customers allocate blue discs to a plastic token bank representing one of a number of causes selected by each store. At the end of the campaign, funding is allocated among the causes in proportion to the number of tokens they receive.