An election is due to be held by January next year, and political parties are already ramping up their fundraising efforts. There are renewed questions about the impact of donors after allegedly racist comments made by Conservative donor Frank Hester.
New figures show how lucrative the Prime Minister's widely criticised chopper stop in Altrincham was - as his party later netted a whopping donation from the co-owner of B&M Bargains
At the heart of the story is ‘Labour Together, a think-tank which maintains a low profile in Westminster but is believed to be quietly guiding Starmer s path to power.
Team Starmer is being supported financially by very high-net-worth individuals and big companies. Have no doubts we are on course for the most rightwing Labour government ever, writes Eddie Ford