Donations to UK political parties nearly doubled to £93m in 2023
by Rowena Mason and Aletha Adu from World news | The Guardian on (#6K5M3)
Tories and Labour boosted by mega-donors, and fundraising gap between two parties appears to be narrowing
Political parties accepted 93m in donations last year, boosted by new Conservative and Labour mega-donors, with the 2024 election on course to be the highest-spending contest ever.
Figures from the Electoral Commission show the Tories raised 9.8m and Labour 6m in the last quarter of the year.
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