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Labour writes to watchdogs about donations recorded as coming from firm linked to multimillionaire businessmanUK politics live – latest updatesRishi Sunak is facing transparency questions over private jet travel and thousands of pounds in Conservative …
Anneliese Dodds questions why it took so long for one of the Conservative senior treasurer’s firms to sever its Russia linksUK politics live – latest updatesLabour has urged the Conservatives to hand back a £5m donation from the party’s senior treasure…
US president and UK prime minister announce plan to bolster economic security in response to China’s growing influenceThe North Sea oil and gas industry is in decline, the shadow business minister Seema Malhotra said, as she defended plans to block new…
Owens centre, co-founded by Lubov Chernukhin, raises questions about whether public money has gone to projects most in need of itA £150,000 grant from Boris Johnson’s flagship levelling up towns fund was awarded to an amusement centre launched by the C…
Questions raised on loopholes in ban on foreign donations to political parties and their effects on the electoral systemThe head of the government’s ethics advisory body has called for an overhaul of the rules on political donations, warning stronger s…
Indian rice tycoon Karan Chanana, who gave the Conservatives more than £220,000, is under scrutiny by India’s finance ministryA leading Tory donor who has given more than £220,000 to the party is being investigated over allegations of fraud and money l…
Exclusive: HSBC and NatWest staffers seconded to shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds’s teamLabour has been criticised for giving global banks access to parliament after taking an HSBC staffer into its shadow business team, despite the financial…
Campaigners say defeat of amendment to close loopholes on party funding leaves UK open to ‘malign influences’UK elections remain at risk from interference by hostile states after the government voted down a move to close loopholes on foreign donations …
Standards committee calls for ban on APPGs accepting funding from foreign governments and review of parliamentary pass-holdersMPs should be banned from using foreign governments to fund parliamentary “special interest” groups, a committee has recommend…