Monday, 23 August 2010

Electoral Commission: Party donations reach record high in 2010

The Guardian today summarises the findings of the Electoral Commission regarding donations to political parties in the run-up to this year's General Election:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/aug/23/party-donations-record-high

Quick summary:
Donations to political parties reached their highest level on record around this year's general election, it was disclosed today.

A total of £26.3m worth of gifts were reported by 16 parties as having been received in April, May and June, the Electoral Commission said.

The main beneficiaries were the Conservative party, which got £12.3m, Labour, with £10.9m, and the Liberal Democrats, with £2m. ....
The previous record for quarterly political donations was £20.6m, received by parties in January, February and March 2005 ahead of that year's election.

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