Donations to Tory party slump 40% over three-month period
by Kiran Stacey Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#66HXT)
Almost 3m collected from July to September, as Labour takes more for first time in over a year with 4.7m
Donations to the Conservatives slumped by 40% over three months, according to figures from the Electoral Commission, which show the party being overtaken by Labour for the first time in more than a year.
The Conservatives collected just under 3m from July to September, a period that included the end of the Boris Johnson premiership and the subsequent leadership election. That compared with 5.4m in the previous quarter and is the lowest figure since mid-2020.
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