Union money to Labour, taxpayers’ money to unions

Theresa May asked for a Parliamentary debate on back-door union funding of the Labour movement in Business Questions yesterday: "Two of… Read more »

Are the Conservatives about to reject more state funding?

"There should be not a penny more state funding without a single, comprehensive cap on donations – including companies, the… Read more »

Party received £5.29m from October to December

Donations to the Party in the last quarter of 2006 amounted to a healthy £5.3m – more than Labour’s £2.64m… Read more »

Michael Howard blamed for Tory debts

Andrew Pierce was a regular source of insider information about the Tory finances when he was at The Times.  He… Read more »

18DoughtyStreet.com launches second attack ad – against taxpayer funding of political parties

Watch it here… and then please forward it to your friends.  We don’t have the budgets of the mainstream media… Read more »

David Cameron’s interview with The Daily Telegraph

David Cameron has given a big interview to this morning’s Daily Telegraph.  A full transcript is here but three key… Read more »

Blair interviewed by police for the second time

The Prime Minister was secretly interviewed by police last Friday, he was first interviewed five weeks ago. This morning’s newspapers… Read more »

It could be the cover-up that kills Downing Street

For most of the cash-for-hours scandal the Conservatives have been quiet but Tory Chairman Francis Maude lets rip in an… Read more »

18 Doughty Street launches a new website and a whole new approach to political campaigning

18 Doughty Street has a new website this afternoon.  It’s not 100% finished – there’ll be additional features rolling out… Read more »

The Phillips compromise has to be good for the Party, as well as the country

10 Downing Street is reportedly hoping the Conservatives will – through Sir Hayden Phillips’ review – accept capping constituency campaign… Read more »

John Redwood calls for an end to ‘big money politics’

There’s a good article from new blogger John Redwood in today’s Telegraph calling for an end to big-money politics.  Like… Read more »

David Cameron indicates that he won’t compromise on donations cap

I went to David Cameron’s CCHQ press conference earlier today and took my 18 Doughty Street camcorder.  The above video… Read more »

New campaign against state funding of politics

The latest news from the Electoral Commission has exposed the parlous state of the main parties’ finances (Tory / Labour). … Read more »

Cameron and Ashcroft are both wrong on political funding

BBC News is reporting that Lord Ashcroft has suggested that moves toward state funding of political parties are "nonsense".  In… Read more »

Maude welcomes funding review

According to BBC Online Sir Hayden Phillips – commissioned by the Government to look into the funding of political parties… Read more »