Political parties perform important roles in European societies. Parties are institutions in which citizens with similar political views organise, develop political programmes and actively participate in the political process. They are vital for democracy because parties offer the most clear-cut political choices that are put to the electorate. Parties are also recruitment organisations, through w...

Even during the height of the expenses scandal the amount of money being given to political parties went up. In fact, the figures just published by the Electoral Commission show that donations given between April and June this year were the fourth highest ever in any quarter. The most generous donor was David Rowland, a financier, who gave more than a million pounds to the Conservatives. The next ...

Donations to political parties have risen sharply despite the wave of public anger at MPs following the expenses scandal latest figures have revealed.

We have published details of donations and loans to political parties accepted in the third quarter of 2008

TAX exiles are to be banned from donating large sums of money to political parties in a surprise move by the UK government.

THE sensitive topic of donations to political parties can be headline news all year round, not least at the time of a general election.

Twelve political parties registered in Great Britain have reported receiving just over £8.9 million in donations, according to new figures published by Electoral Commission

Just a few days ago I wrote about the rules under which donations are made to political parties, and now the amounts that parties received in donations in the last quarter has been revealed. Between them they received £10.7m, split down as follows: Conservatives: £5.6m Labour: £3.8m Liberal Democrats: £945,192 This is up from £8.1m last quarter, with the Lib

Interesting, that DUP, SDLP and UUP continue to ensure secrecy about their corporate donations: Sinn Féin MP for West Tyrone Pat Doherty has called for an end to the policy of keeping donations to political parties in the Six Counties secret. Mr Doherty has also called for the current threshold of £7500 for reportable donations to be

The Electoral Commission wants to close a loophole that allows donations to political parties without declaring their name - by doing it under a corporate guise. The new proposals would make organisations such as the Midlands Industrial Council list their donors and the amounts given by them. To be honest, the proposals seems pretty fair. If