BNP ‘back on track’ after bequests boost far-right warchest
A series of bequests helped the far-right British National party (BNP)’s reported donations jump by 730% in 2012, new figures out today show.
‘Cynical and sleazy’: Fury over councillor expenses
Conservative finger-pointing has triggered bitter clashes over the toxic issue of politicians’ expenses.
Miliband’s party funding gambit reveals the need for a real leap of faith
As an opening gambit, Ed Miliband’s party funding proposal doesn’t look too bad. As a final offer, it doesn’t stand a chance.
Tories lash out at Miliband donation compromise
Ed Miliband moved to dramatically take the lead on the issue of party funding today when he called for donations to be capped at £5,000.
Comment: Taxpayer funding of political parties would damage our democracy
Taxpayers got a terrible deal from bailing out the banks and they would get another bad one for bailing out politicians.
Clegg hopes to break party funding impasse
Redistributing public money already spent on helping political parties could prove the key to ending Westminster’s deadlock over party funding, Nick Clegg hopes.
Comment: Political parties in Britain are failing, and failing badly
A coherent point of view on party funding requires properly taking on the question of what the political parties are for in a modern democracy.
Time to think outside the box on party funding
A bit of creative thinking could unlock the party funding impasse, a senior participant in last year’s party funding negotiations has told me, as the cash-for-access scandal rumbles on.
Sketch: One of the Commons’ worst days
As the cash-for-access scandal hits the Commons, MPs once again fail to rise to the occasion.
Miliband and Maude lock horns over party funding
Ed Miliband has hit out at the Conservatives’ “whitewash” inquiry into the cash-for-access scandal, amid turbulent Commons exchanges with Francis Maude.
