David Cameron announces investigation into cash for access allegations will be led by Lord Gold

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Before giving a speech to launch extra NHS spending on dementia, David Cameron addressed the… Read more »

Cameron appoints Maude and Feldman to lead on urgent cross-party talks over political funding

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter I understand from senior sources that the Prime Minister has asked Francis Maude and… Read more »

Cameron must act quickly and introduce strict new caps on donations to political parties

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Sunday update: Peter Cruddas has now resigned. The Conservative Party has always run donor clubs… Read more »

Sunday Times says Tory donor invites donors to buy meetings with Prime Minister for £250,000

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Big story breaking tonight on front of Sunday Times. This is what we know… The… Read more »

Cameron must reject £100 million taxpayer bailout for political parties

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter On the front page of this morning's Guardian is the news that an inquiry… Read more »

David Cameron has succeeded in broadening the party donor base (to a point)

That is the conclusion of The Times this morning, which calculates that of the £52 million received into party coffers… Read more »

In praise of Michael Ashcroft

I am not a uncritical fan of Michael Ashcroft.  I think his polling operation and Smell The Coffee report did… Read more »

David Cameron tells Iain Dale that extra state funding of political parties is “last thing you want to spend money on” during these tough times

Iain Dale has released the advance text of an extended interview with David Cameron.  It will be published in full… Read more »

Waste, over-spending and poor revenue strategies contribute to CCHQ’s deteriorating financial position

Earlier this week ConservativeHome revealed the sad news of job losses at CCHQ, combined with a pay and hiring freeze. … Read more »

Credit crunch hits CCHQ

No organisation is immune from the recession and ConservativeHome has learnt that 16 to 24 jobs are likely to be… Read more »

Party donations published for July to September 2008

The Electoral Commission has today published the records of donations to political parties for the third quarter of this year…. Read more »

David Cameron cannot be bold enough in increasing accountability of politicians

24 hours after the Derek Conway report was published David Cameron took decisive action against the disgraced MP and he… Read more »

Another angle to George Osborne’s £500,000

Ben Brogan notes that Labour is doing its best to big up the Osborne donations story but there really is… Read more »

John Major warns against extra state funding of political parties

Interviewed on Andrew Marr this morning, former Prime Minister John Major warned against further taxpayer funding of political parties.  Politicians… Read more »

Cameron says it would be “unrealistic” to believe that small donors could replace large donors

Just back from David Cameron’s latest press conference and I asked him a question about state funding of political parties. … Read more »