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Exclusive: Culture secretary steps aside after it emerged preferred candidate donated to her Labour leadership bidLisa Nandy has removed herself from the final decision over who will lead the new football regulator, after it emerged the preferred candi…
Exclusive: Richard Harpin pauses donations in move insiders say will result in closure of party’s northern HQ• UK politics live – latest updatesOne of the Conservatives’ biggest donors has stopped funding the party in a move insiders believe will resul…
Neil Record, chair of Net Zero Watch, hosted the Conservative leader and others shortly before her policy U-turnUK politics live – latest updatesKemi Badenoch enjoyed a £14,000 week-long “residential” with her family along with a small group of the sha…
Lubov Chernukhin was given £150,000 in public funds to help open Owens entertainment centreThe Conservative donor Lubov Chernukhin is facing calls to hand back £150,000 of taxpayer cash given to her company to help fund a “fun factory” and amusement ar…
Critics say perception that peerages may be a reward for donations harms upper house’s reputation – especially when peers do little to participateRevealed: House of Lords members have given £109m to political partiesWhen Theresa May appointed the busin…
Conservatives benefit most from donations provided either before or after peers secured their seatsCash before honours: the Tory donors made peers who barely speak in LordsPeers who sat in the House of Lords during the last parliament have given a comb…
Conservatives raised nearly £2m, Labour £1m and Reform £280,000 from donors in last three months of yearThe Conservatives raised twice as much in donations as Labour at the end of last year, including £250,000 from Michael Ashcroft.Despite some Tory do…
Months-long Guardian investigation exposes weaknesses in code of conduct that could trigger calls for greater reformCalls to toughen Lords rules as it is revealed one in 10 peers are paid for political adviceWhat is the House of Lords and what do peers…
Donation came after Rishi Sunak condemned businessman’s remark that Diane Abbott made you ‘want to hate all black women’UK politics live – latest updatesFrank Hester gave the Conservatives a further £5m just before the election, according to data from …
Exclusive: HMRC investigation into peer Anthony Bamford and his brother focuses on offshore trusts that own business empireThe influential Tory donors behind the JCB digger empire could be hit with a bill for more than £500m to settle a longrunning inv…