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Reform spent just £5.5m on the 2024 election, while Labour’s majority cost £30m – new data

Reform spent just £5.5m on the 2024 election, while Labour’s majority cost £30m – new data

The results of last year’s election show how pointless it is to continue raising spending limits.

17.07.2025 2

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Sam Power

Why ultra wealthy donors like Elon Musk and Zia Yusuf may just be fundamentally incompatible with the politics of the radical right

Immigration is often a sticking point between rightwing politicians and the businessmen who fund them.

10.06.2025 5

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Tulip Siddiq resigns: there’s no evidence she broke any rules, but here’s why she had to go anyway

Tulip Siddiq has resigned as anti-corruption minister after getting embroiled in a corruption scandal. A number of questions had been raised about her...

17.01.2025 7

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Elon Musk wants to give Nigel Farage US$100 million – this is the funding loophole that makes it legal

A £78 million political donation from Elon Musk “will break our democracy”. This was the stark warning from investigative journalist Peter...

04.12.2024 10

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Keir Starmer’s freebie row is likely to blow over – here’s why

MP Rosie Duffield has ensured that the row over Keir Starmer accepting freebies will remain in the news by resigning from the Labour party, stating...

01.10.2024 4

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Do the Starmers’ expensive donated clothes matter? Yes and no

Keir Starmer’s commitment to putting an end to “the chaos of sleaze” is already on the ropes, largely because of reports surrounding his wife’s...

19.09.2024 2

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Sam Power