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10 things you might not have known about party political funding over the...
The Electoral Commission website is a data-mine of information for those interested in all aspects of party political funding. For those who’d rather not get their hands dirty doing the mining...
View Article*Data-geek alert* Spreadsheets of all main party donations, 2001-11,...
There are many ways to live it large on a Friday night. Here’s what I did to get the weekend party started… grazed on the Electoral Commission’s website, looking at the data available of all declared...
View ArticleLib Dem donation figures in full (Quarter 1, 2012)
The Electoral Commission has recently published the latest donation and borrowing figures for the political parties, showing that the Lib Dems raised £606,724 between January and March this year. (At...
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BBC: ‘Political parties’ donations fall by almost £1m’
Here’s the BBC News report: Donations to political parties fell by almost £1m during the second quarter of this year, official figures show. The Electoral Commission said £7,873,478 in funding had been...
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Lib Dem publish latest accounts, shows £410k deficit and party membership...
The latest set of accounts for the Lib Dems have been published – I’ve uploaded it at the foot of this post. Here are 5 points that struck me I read through the document. 1) The party ended 2012 with a...
View ArticleMs Joan LB Edwards: the mystery donor who bequeathed £99,423 to the Lib Dems...
Chris Harlow and James Waterson at City A.M. has the bizarre story: Eyebrows were raised this morning when it was revealed that the top individual donor to political parties in the second quarter of...
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Daily Mail accuses “grasping politicians of pocketing spinster’s £500,000...
This morning’s Mail Online has a shocking headline: Grasping politicians pocket spinster’s £500,000 legacy she bequeathed to government to spend ‘as they may think fit’. The newspaper’s front page also...
View ArticleJoan Edwards’ solicitors state her wishes were “specifically checked”: she...
Another twist to add to the tale of Joan Edwards’ bequest. After the furore whipped-up by today’s Daily Mail, the Lib Dems and Conservatives had little choice but to renounce the cash. But it turns out...
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Lib Dems publish latest accounts: £439k surplus and membership up to 43,451
The latest set of accounts for the Lib Dems have been published – I’ve uploaded it at the foot of this post. (You can compare it with last year’s here.) Here are 5 points that struck me I read through...
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Lib Dem donations in 2014, 2nd Quarter: £1.23m raised (but that’s less than...
Today saw the publication by the Electoral Commission, the independent party funding watchdog, of the donations received by the UK’s political parties in the second quarter of 2014 (1 April to 30...
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