Sarah Montague didn’t pick Rachel Reeves up on the massive fib she told on the Today programme this morning. Reeves claimed that “most of the money that the Labour Party receives comes from small donations and members”.
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Let’s take a look at the actual Electoral Commission figures:
So that’s just £354,692 from individuals in the last quarter. £2,414,412 from unions. Guido thought Reeves was meant to be good with numbers?