Will a record breaking £72 million change the face of British politics? After receiving two of the biggest political donations in history – £36m each from crypto billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne. Sam Coates
Will a record breaking £72 million change the face of British politics? After receiving two of the biggest political donations in history – £36m each from crypto billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne. Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy examine the political fallout – are the donations legal, will the government legislate to stop them and how does this vast sum of money influence British politics?
Elsewhere at the TUC conference in Brighton, the unions are ramping up the pressure on the government to deliver more for workers. Plus, could former prime minister, Liz Truss, really be plotting a return to frontline politics?
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