The Electoral Commission has released the party donation figures for Q4 of 2024. It’s happy reading for CCHQ as the Tories managed rake in £3,404,402 in donations and public funds, the largest figure among the parties. That’s £2,351,713 more in the coffers than Labour. Buyer’s remorse…

The LibDems accepted £1,484,168, while Labour received £1,052,689. Reform only brought in £281,000. The £1.5 million Reform claims to have raised at their donor dinner is yet to be registered in the next quarter…
Speaking to Adam Boulton on Times Radio about kicking the Golders Green suspect, Heidi Alexander said:
“I thought that if I was in the shoes of that police officer, then if I’m honest, given the situation, and the fact that he had a backpack on his back, and they were worried about whether that might go off, I could, if I was a police officer, frankly, I could see myself having taken similar action.”