New figures from the Electoral Commission show that political parties reported £17.09 million in donations and public funds in the second quarter of the year. That is up 51% on the £11.35 million in Q2 2025, but down 30% on the £24.51 million in Q1 2026…
Entrepreneur Ben Delo alone gave Reform £4 million in two donations. The Tories raked in £4.04 million, £1.23 million of which was public funds (Short Money and similar). Labour donors Sainsbury, Lubner, and Mosawi gave £550,000 to £650,000 each with £238,625 from Unite. Restore Britain posted £250,000, all from Cade Hill Investments, outraising the Greens and Plaid…
Robert Jenrick on the Today programme:
“Can you now give a guarantee to your listeners this morning that no BBC presenter in the future will be exposed as a paedophile, as a number have been in the recent past? No, of course you can’t…”