Mark Pack

Simpler, but worse: latest donations news

By | Thu 6th December 2007 - 7:55 am

Today’s round-up of Labour donation news looks pretty simple so far. Just the one story. It’s a bit of an explosive one mind:

Labour helped Abrahams set up secret cash transfers
Scheme designed by lawyers and party officials to conceal donor’s identity

Labour officials helped lawyers acting for David Abrahams to draw up complex covenants that allowed the millionaire businessman to pay up to £650,000 indirectly to the party, the Guardian has learned.

Gulp.

The Guardian’s full story has more details.

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