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Ministers reportedly seeking to halve time for Lords scrutiny of voting and donations changes amid election speculationAndy Burnham is facing questions over plans to speed up sweeping changes to Britain’s electoral system amid speculation that some of …
Read MoreInternal inquiry clears Dan Jukes and James Orr, who were filmed talking about scheme involving US donorReform UK has cleared two senior officials of breaking laws that ban foreign donations, despite the matter remaining under police investigation.The …
Read MoreCrypto billionaires’ £72m will be used to hire campaign managers and professional staff in target constituenciesFor Nigel Farage, the £72m lavished last week on his party by the crypto billionaire donors Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne finally places…
Read MoreSarah Cooper-Lesadd says party is ‘far more interested in division, opposition and headlines than finding solutions’Leader of Reform UK in Wales stands down after arrest on suspicion of assaultThe Liberal Democrats have said that they will try to intro…
Read MorePlans to strengthen legislation already going through parliament might mean donors having to meet stricter UK residence requirementsAndy Burnham’s government could thwart Reform’s unprecedented £72m donations with retrospective restrictions on politica…
Read MoreUK union leaders meet on Monday to discuss possible support for a domestic cap on political donationsUK politics live – latest updatesTrade unions are set to launch an intervention on Tuesday on political donations after the head of Britain’s trade uni…
Read MoreIn an interview about the donations, he said they are compliant with the law ‘today’Andy Burnham has cancelled engagements today and tomorrow following the death of his father Roy, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s, the Press Association reports.Burnh…
Read MoreRichard Tice says contributions are legally compliant after author of review into overseas donations says rules will be applied retrospectivelyReform UK’s deputy leader has declined to say when two crypto billionaires who gave a combined £72m to the pa…
Read MoreIn today’s newsletter: As Labour MPs scramble to realign later today around a bill that could stop donations like this in their tracks, a look at new game-changing donations to a party engulfed in financial scandalsGood morning. Nigel Farage has a conf…
Read MoreThe man who once helped Richard ‘Dirty’ Desmond save a load of tax was wheeled out to face Laura KuenssbergYou wait years for one party donation of £36m and then two come along at once. Reform can hardly believe its luck. All hail the crypto billionair…
Read MoreHarborne and Delo’s cash could buy a massive head start in an election, but spending big has possible pitfalls Nigel Farage once said he could spend his £5m gift from Christopher Harborne on Ferraris if he wanted to, given its unconditional nature.With…
Read MorePM has so far declined to insert curbs on UK-based donors, despite £72m donations from billionaires to Reform UKTrade unions, MPs and donors have urged the government to look again at party funding rules, after Reform UK insisted £72m in donations from…
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