OXFAM has said it accepts criticism from charity regulators over an alleged “party political” tweet about a “perfect storm” of poverty.

Chief executive Mark Goldring said procedures had been reviewed after the finding by The Charity Commission.

An MP complained to the commission over a June tweet of a stormy wave with warnings included “zero hour contracts”, “high prices” and “benefits cuts”.

It was published prior to the publication of a “Below the Breadline” report by the Oxford-based charity Church Action on Poverty and the Trussell Trust.

The commission ruled on Friday: “Although we accept that the charity had no intention to act in a party political way, we concluded that the charity should have done more to avoid any misperception of political bias by providing greater clarity and ensuring that the link to the ‘Below the Breadline’ report was more obvious.”

Mr Goldring said the tweet was “not party political” and was to “draw attention to the problems facing poor people”.

“The commission found that, in relation to this tweet, we did not do enough to avoid people misunderstanding our intentions and we accept that.

“We have reviewed our social media procedures to reduce the risk of tweets being misconstrued in future.”

Conservative MP Conor Burns complained about the “overtly political” tweet.

In response to another complaint, the commission also said it was “satisified” Oxfam met guidelines in an August national newspaper advertisement which called for an end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

The guidelines said such activities are acceptable if it “clearly supports the needs of their beneficiaries”.

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