Euro agony spoils US party
Washington Correspondent Matt Frei parties with Chicago’s mayor and blogs on “the kind of generosity that has become less and less common in times of austerity”.
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Washington Correspondent Matt Frei parties with Chicago’s mayor and blogs on “the kind of generosity that has become less and less common in times of austerity”.
Antonis Samaras admits he has found it “impossible” to form a government of national unity as the power vacuum in Greece continues.
The Conservative Party treasurer adds his voice to growing criticism of a proposed cap on tax relief for charitable donations, warning it will deter the rich from giving.
Face-to-face talks on how to reform the way political parties are funded have begun, reveals Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
Ah, so not exactly dinners for friends that happened to include donors. More like dinners for donors who’ve given a big sum.
“Action should be taken now to end the big donor culture before another scandal does further damage” – the warning four months ago from the Committee on Standards in Public Life.
The Conservatives are prepared to reopen cross-party talks on political donations in the wake of the cash-for-access scandal, Michael Fallon has told Channel 4 News.
The contest between the Lib Dem’s Tim Farron and the Conservative’s Rory Stewart in Cumbria was set to be the highlight of the next elections. But a cross-party proposal for alternative boundaries looks set to avert the battle.
French authorities have launched an investigation into a Nazi-themed party attended by Conservative MP Aidan Burley, who has been sacked as a parliamentary aide amid the furore.
I reported during on the Tory conference on the formation of 2020 Conservatives, a group of centre-left and middle-of-the-road Tories who hope to help David Cameron in his several battles with the party’s right wing. Their aim was the rekindle the enthusiasm and thinking of the modernisation project which saw Cameron elected as Conservative leader…
Banks, businesses and planting metaphorical trees are on the agenda at the Conservative Party Conference. Oh and Boris Johnson being Boris – but on his best behaviour, as Political Editor Gary Gibbon writes.
On the margins of this week’s Conservative Party conference, blogs Jon Snow, there are party members saying things that would never be said from the podium.
Jon Snow ruminates on the changing political landscape and the likelihood of coalition government rather than single party dominance being the new norm.
Latest updates, pictures and video from the Liberal Democrat autumn conference in Birmingham.
Chris Huhne warns the Tory right not to be like the “madcap” US Tea Party, as a senior Lib Dem tells Channel 4 News differentiating their party from the Tories is a “theme” of the conference.