UK Election
Labour Gets 14 Times More Large Donations Than UK Conservatives
- Lord Sainsbury among those who funded main opposition party
- Nigel Farage’s party collected double what went to Tories
Keir Starmer
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Britain’s Labour opposition reaped at least 14 times more in large donations than Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party in the second week of campaigning for the general election.
Official figures from the Electoral Commission showed Keir Starmer’s Labour hauled in £4.3 million ($5.4 million), excluding public funds, in the week to June 12. That compared with £300,000 for the Conservatives and £335,000 for Liberal Democrats.