Cash boost for Conservative coffers
Press Review 27 April 2005
The latest figures have shown a boost for Conservative coffers.
Cash boost for Conservatives
News Article 19 April 2005
The first of a series of weekly reports on party funding has revealed the Conservatives have raked in more cash than Labour.
Labour rejects donation
Press Review 14 March 2005
Labour has sent back a donation of £500,000 from a lobbyist whose clients included BAE Systems, the defence firm under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office, and businesses owned by Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraqi born businessman with legal problems in France.
Labour draws from Sainsbury's bank
Press Review 11 March 2005
Science minister Lord Sainsbury swelled Labour's election coffers yesterday with a £2m donation.
Labour's £2m cash boost
News Article 10 March 2005
Lord Sainsbury has given Labour a £2 million donation, the party has announced.
Labour winning funding race
News Article 22 February 2005
Labour is edging ahead in the pre-election party funding race, according to the latest Electoral Commission figures.
The colour of money
Publication Article 18 February 2005
Tories embroiled in funding row
Press Review 14 February 2005
Senior Conservatives are feuding over a £2 million private fund set up by Lord Ashcroft, a former party treasurer, to help Tory candidates in marginal seats.
Wanted: Labour Party donors
Press Review 19 January 2005
Labour is looking to its big donors to plug a £10 million hole in its election war chest.
Blair warns of 'tough' election fight
News Article 5 January 2005
As the political parties gear up for the next general election, Labour's troops have been warned they face a "tough fight" for re-election.
Parties build election war chests
Press Review 5 January 2005
The FT reports that the Conservatives have already built up two thirds of their expected election war chest.
EU election campaign cost parties £9m
News Article 22 December 2004
Britain's political parties spent more than £9 million campaigning for last June's European elections.
Party funding debate urged
News Article 16 December 2004
A new Electoral Commission report calls for a public debate on the funding of political parties.
Industrialist adds £200,000 to Tory coffers
Press Review 10 November 2004
Figures released yesterday have revealed that the Swedish-born industrialist Hans Rausing gave £200,000 to the Conservative Party in July.
Party chiefs raise £8.8m
News Article 9 November 2004
A total of £8.8 million was donated to Britain's political parties in the third quarter of this year, the Electoral Commission has revealed.
