Political Funding

Who Pays For Our Politics?

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Something fairly fundamental is about to change in British politics. For the last few decades Britain has operated a slightly odd system for financing politics. We restrict how much political parties can spend during elections. We require larger donations to be declared. We restrict who is allowed to donate. But once someone qualifies as a … Read more

How Foreign Money is attacking British Democracy

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Foreign influence in British politics is no longer theoretical. Last month I wrote about some unusual patterns of political funding flowing into Reform. British electoral law doesn’t allow foreign donations, but Reform appeared to have found a way around this—using UK-registered companies as a kind of front. It turns out I may have been too … Read more