GMB slashes Labour Party affiliation fees from £1.2 million to £150,000
The GMB has announced this morning that as of January 1st 2014, they will be paying £150,000 a…
Party Funding
Labour could go bankrupt or become a state-funded liberal party, unless there’s a re-think on opt-in
Just two years away from the General Election, the priorities of the Labour Party ought to be obvious.…
5 things the Collins Review needs to get right on the Labour-Union link
Today Labour’s NEC are meeting, and Ed Miliband’s recent speech on Labour and the Union link are likely…
Party donations “should be slashed”, says Miliband
If you didn’t see it yesterday, here’s a clip of Ed Miliband’s Marr interview on party funding:
Ed Miliband has saved the union link
Ed Miliband saved Labour’s historic link with the trade union movement today. That might sound like a bit…
Miliband backs £5k donation cap
This morning on Andrew Marr, Ed Miliband announced that he favours a cap of £5,000 on all donations…
Stand firm, Ed
Let’s get a couple of things straight first. This is not a post somehow arguing to somehow “break…
David Laws is the wrong man for the Party Funding job
I was shocked to read on Lib Dem Voice that Nick Clegg has asked David Laws to lead…
Freeing politics from vested interests
The debate over party funding is back. Mark Ferguson warns of the dangers posed by state funding and…
The state shouldn’t pay for our failing political system
There’s a train coming down the tracks that could change party politics as we know it. It’s getting…
