Tory members have just been informed:
“After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to introduce a small increase of £2 in membership fees from 05 January 2026.”
The previous fee was £39 annually. Already hiked by 56% in 2022…
CCHQ is moving to a new building closer to Victoria after it ends the £1 million per annum lease on Matthew Parker Street. The party goes on to justify its fee increase:
“Membership fees go towards exciting new projects like:
Developing a new Membership Portal to allow members to self-serve and get the most out of their Party membership.
Implementing digital membership cards for new, easy, and practical way to access your card as well as the continuation of the popular physical cards.
Launching a new campaigning app to enable our activists across the country to campaign more easily and effectively.”
Digital Tory ID…
In Henry Mance’s piece today for the FT, lunching with Nigel Farage:
“Splendido!” Farage says, when the drinks arrive; I suppose it’s a step to European reconciliation. We clink glasses, and he lights the first of two back-to-back Benson & Hedges. A few minutes later, we’re back downstairs. “Are you drinking? Good.” He orders a glass of Sauvignon blanc for each of us — not a bottle, “because it’s Lent” — followed by a bottle of claret, to have with our meal. They say Farage drinks less than he used to. They say a lot of things.”
