‘When power shifts, so does the money’: mega-donors fill Labour’s coffers Large financial backers are returning to the party after abandoning it during the Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn eras The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024
Lord Sainsbury returns to Labour with £2m donation after cutting ties during Corbyn era Dozens of wealthy donors want to ‘get on board’, says leading defector from Tory party – as Lord Sainsbury returns to party The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2023
Lord Sainsbury returns to the Labour fold with £2m donation The former chair of the supermarket chain was a big donor to Blair and Brown but cut off his support under Corbyn The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2023
Britain's Labour Party works to become 'the party of business' After decades funding Britain's governing Conservatives, businessman Gareth Quarry has switched allegiance and started donating to the opposition Labour Party in the belief that it offers more certainty and stability. Reuters · Dec 16, 2022
Ex-Tory donor scathing about party’s response to Michelle Mone allegations Exclusive: Gareth Quarry, who now donates to Labour, says Conservatives have trashed their reputation The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022
Tory donations drop 40% in three months as Labour overtakes Sunak’s party Sir Keir Starmer’s party sees quarterly donations rise 25% to £4.7m The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022
Labour boosted by huge rise in donations as party builds election war chest Labour officials are expecting another increase in the next round of figures from the Electoral Commission, raising twice as much in individual donations compared to the previous three months Daily Mirror · Dec 6, 2022
Millionaire businessman lifts lid on 'arrogant' Tories' booze-fuelled donor dinners Gareth Quarry, who has defected to Labour with a £100,000 donation, told Sky News secretive meals would have a 'planted Q&A' where 'the great and the good were allowed to ask one question each' Daily Mirror · Oct 7, 2022
Millionaire Tory donor defects to Labour with blistering 'GCSE economics' attack In a blistering attack Gareth Quarry said the government had turned the UK into a "laughing stock" and accused Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng of embarking on a "maverick" journey Daily Mirror · Oct 3, 2022
Tories have made UK ‘laughing stock’, says donor defecting to Labour Truss and Kwarteng are ‘zealots’ practising ‘GCSE economics’, says Gareth Quarry The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022