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Donations to UK political parties nearly doubled to £93m in 2023

Tories and Labour boosted by mega-donors, and fundraising gap between two parties appears to be narrowing

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2024

Welsh first minister hopeful accepted £200k from waste offender’s firm

Vaughan Gething facing criticism after his campaign accepted donation from environmental offender’s company

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2024

Football fans told 'don't sit on the sidelines' in London voting campaign

Almost one in five Londoners entitled to vote are not on the electoral register – the biggest proportion in the country

Evening Standard · Feb 17, 2024

Unionist call for General Election to be used to push abolition of Holyrood

POLITICAL parties should be pushed to include the abolition of devolved powers in their General Election manifesto, anti-independence​ campaigners…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 6, 2024

Peter Murrell loans to SNP should have been declared earlier, watchdog says

TWO loans made by former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell to his party in 2018 should have been declared earlier, the Electoral Commission has said.

The National (Scotland) · Jan 5, 2024

Tory donor who paid for Rishi Sunak’s private jet faces legal challenge over business dealings

Entrepreneur Akhil Tripathi, who made his fortune inventing an anti-snoring device, has donated more than £150,000 to the Conservative Party since 2021

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2023

'Every dirty trick': Tories change key General Election rules 'to help themselves'

THE Conservative government is accused of using “every dirty trick in the book” after it altered key rules governing General Elections, with…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 3, 2023

Fake news didn't play a big role in NZ's 2023 election – but there was a rise in 'small lies'

The threat of disinformation on social media in the lead-up to New Zealand’s 2023 election loomed large for the Electoral Commission and academics studying fake news.

The Conversation · Nov 14, 2023

New Zealand election count nears completion

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says coalition talks may be finalised quite swiftly after election results are confirmed on November 3.

AAP · Oct 29, 2023

South Lanarkshire Council denies 'issues' with voter ID at Rutherglen by-election

SOUTH Lanarkshire Council has denied there have been “issues” with voter ID as people head to the polls in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 5, 2023