Trade unions, MPs and donors urge Burnham to revisit party funding rules
PM has so far declined to insert curbs on UK-based donors, despite £72m donations from billionaires to Reform UKTrade unions, MPs and donors have urged the government to look again at party funding rules, after Reform UK insisted £72m in…
By · September 13, 2026 · 1 min read
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PM has so far declined to insert curbs on UK-based donors, despite £72m donations from billionaires to Reform UK
Trade unions, MPs and donors have urged the government to look again at party funding rules, after Reform UK insisted £72m in donations from two crypto billionaires was within the law.
Andy Burnham, a previous backer of caps on domestic donations, has so far declined to insert any curbs in the elections bill that would apply to UK-based donors.
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