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In its response to the government's review of charity law, the Charity Commission says it wants its regulatory role to be more clearly defined without changing its name.

The Prime Minister's strategy unit's consultation review suggests that the commission be renamed the Charity Regulation Authority and become a corporate body.

The commission welcomes the proposal to convert it into a corporate body "with clearer independence and clearer statutory relationships", but rejects changing its name as a way of achieving this.

John Stoker, chief charity commissioner, said: "We support the great majority of the review's recommendations for changes to the legal framework under which charities operate, and for further modernisations of the commission itself."

For further information go to www.charitycommission.gov.uk