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PARTY FUNDING (Funding types (Short money: available to opposition parties…

- - - - coalition gov (2013) rejected recommendations due to austerity
      - ignored once again
  - - - Doesn't remove vested interest
      - 'Cash for peerages' scandals 2006- Labour claimed donations were loans
        
        Cast shadow over Blair
  - - - Fines= affordable to parties and they can carry on contesting
      - Risen donation declarations
  - - - Couldn't be implemented as austerity is already burdening the tax payer
      - Tories contradicted these limits and limited Labour with trade unions
      - Nothing came from report
- - - - Vested interest
      - Tories overly care for rich donors
      - Low income and corporation tax
      - Little attempt to close tax avoidance eg trust funds and offshore accounts
      - Anti trade union laws
  - - - Not everyone can be in a trade union
      - When striking, members may have voted for it but may be opposed to gov
      - Striking can damage economy
      - Influence over Labour leadership elections and to a degree MP selection
      - Labour: safer on union laws
- - - - After gov said F1 was exempt from tobacco ban which was a key part of their manifesto
        
        Ecclestone had lobbied for this at meetings in No10 with Blair (16th Oct)