How do political parties get their funding? | Election 2024

Controversy around political donations has erupted again, after it emerged the Tories had received yet more money from their top donor Frank Hester.

Sky's deputy political editor Sam Coates looks at the amounts donated to political parties, which have been released by the Electoral Commission.

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[ivanconnolly]

'Friends of Israel', 280, 000pounds.

[ahmetbakisenayl]

Well prepared reporting… Still feeling like we don’t have the whole picture. Makes me want to dig up on the other donors. Again, well done 👍

[jeangenie]

Shame on the programme that it didn't bother to identify how much has been raised from ordinary party members in total. I think that would be quite an eye opener too, but doesn't give the bias and slant on trying to mud sling sleazy goings on. Out of the £8 million donated to the Tories, £5 million+ was from just one person. Out of the £6million for Labour only £1million from their main donor, and various smaller ones, plus the party membership. There was once complete uproar about an allegation of Russian money being paid to Labour under Harold Wilson. Strange that there is very little mentioned nowadays about all the millions of looted Russian profits, money from Putin's puppets and oligarchs? I wonder where they are now?

[PawsThought]

Suspend parliament and hose it out, it's ridiculous

[yourma]

Why did Sky News leave Reform UK out at 0:14?

Trying our best to keep the party out of the public consciousness are we?

[virumzzgaming]

Money shouldnt be involved. We need to, as the people, scrap this corruption and depose of disloyal politicians to the country that focus on wealth before the nations health.

[pipoo]

The media should be asking what favours Hester is expecting for his £15 million donations. That money has strings attached that’s pretty obvious.

[Collect-Retro]

Why do company’s give money, oh to get brown envelopes later on! Should all be sent to jail! But that’s ok they are MP’s above the law of course!

[bryandavidson]

Wow... sleaze in politics... who'd have guessed?

[lastlast]

I wonder what they expect in return for all this money

[grahamturner]

Nice to see Fester wasting his money. 😊

[GeoffV-kh]

So most of the Tories funds come from someone who has been exposed as a racist. Says everything.

[TimoDyer]

Contracts and perrages for tory mates.

[safirahmed]

It's impossible to vote if not registered to vote.

There's about 8 million people not registered to vote.

Tuesday 18 June 2024 is the final day that people can be registered to vote in the general election on Thursday 4 July 2024.

There's about 2.5 million people who are registered to vote who don't have valid Photo ID or Voter Authority Certificate or Anonymous Electors Document.

Automatic Voter Registration would mean everyone accessing public services would automatically be registered to vote and have the option to vote if they want to.

[wheatley]

This guy is talking like a cbeebies presenter

[TheDemonarta]

My question is, who is donating to the lib dems?

[samuelstevens]

After question time tonight, I'm quite liking the greens, never thought I'd say that

[solowingpixy]

I get Just stop oil is annoying but it does have a positive goal in mind.

[pawelpow]

Comparing the absurdity of the Phoenix Partnership to the same level as Just Stop Oil which actually has a positive long-term mission in mind is horrendous. I get that Just Stop Oil is annoying and it disrupts people's lives but at the end of the day, they're right, and in 100 years in the history books, they will be praised.

[doubleana]

Am I allowed to be racist and say sorry and keep my job? No I can't sunak is supposed to set an example