CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDIES
CASH FOR PEERAGE - In 2007 there was a scandal concerning a possible link
concerning individuals who has loanded significant
amounts to the labour party and these individuals
being nominated by Blair for peerage
- Nominations were rejected by the HoL appointment
committee
- Sir Christopher Evans, the biotech mogul who made a
£1m loan to Labour, was arrested because of this
LORD CRUDDAS - Billionaire conservative donore Lord Cruddas made a
paper in HoL Feb 2021 and donated £500,000 days
after
- Made a peer by Johnson despite the fact Lord Cruddas
failed the appointment committee;s vetting process
which Johnson overruled
EXPENSES SCANDAL - Taxpayers money wasn’t being spent properly
- Conservative MP Derek Conway used to money to pay
his son
- 2016 Labour fined £20,000 by electoral commission for
breaching financial rules
CASH FOR QUESTIONS - Guardian reports in 1990s that Neil Hamiliton MP
accepted £2,000 through a lobbyist for asking
questions on behalf of Mohamed Al Fayed (Harrods)
MULTI PARTY SYSTEM + Parties other than Labour the conservatives have
significant powers in devolved nations in particular
such as SNP winning 64/129 seats in 2021
- In 2019 libdem 11.5% of vote but 1.7% of seats
PARTY INCOME - In 2014 membership income was:
23% of Green Party income
15% of Labour Party income
9% of Liberal Democrat Party income
2% of Conservative Party income
- The Electoral Commission allocates £2m a year to the
parties to help them develop policies for inclusion in
their election manifestos.
CONSERVATIVE POLICY - investment in infrastructure such as HS2 rail link
- Increase to minimum wage
- 2017 and 2019 manifesto pledge to alter HRA
- Growth in prison capacity
- Immigration - Rwanda bill
- Leave the EU in jan 2020 introduce a point-based
immigration system
- Nationalism - Brexit
- Recent (‘24) cut to sick pay benefits
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CASH FOR PEERAGE - In 2007 there was a scandal concerning a possible link
concerning individuals who has loanded significant
amounts to the labour party and these individuals
being nominated by Blair for peerage
- Nominations were rejected by the HoL appointment
committee
- Sir Christopher Evans, the biotech mogul who made a
£1m loan to Labour, was arrested because of this
LORD CRUDDAS - Billionaire conservative donore Lord Cruddas made a
paper in HoL Feb 2021 and donated £500,000 days
after
- Made a peer by Johnson despite the fact Lord Cruddas
failed the appointment committee;s vetting process
which Johnson overruled
EXPENSES SCANDAL - Taxpayers money wasn’t being spent properly
- Conservative MP Derek Conway used to money to pay
his son
- 2016 Labour fined £20,000 by electoral commission for
breaching financial rules
CASH FOR QUESTIONS - Guardian reports in 1990s that Neil Hamiliton MP
accepted £2,000 through a lobbyist for asking
questions on behalf of Mohamed Al Fayed (Harrods)
MULTI PARTY SYSTEM + Parties other than Labour the conservatives have
significant powers in devolved nations in particular
such as SNP winning 64/129 seats in 2021
- In 2019 libdem 11.5% of vote but 1.7% of seats
PARTY INCOME - In 2014 membership income was:
23% of Green Party income
15% of Labour Party income
9% of Liberal Democrat Party income
2% of Conservative Party income
- The Electoral Commission allocates £2m a year to the
parties to help them develop policies for inclusion in
their election manifestos.
CONSERVATIVE POLICY - investment in infrastructure such as HS2 rail link
- Increase to minimum wage
- 2017 and 2019 manifesto pledge to alter HRA
- Growth in prison capacity
- Immigration - Rwanda bill
- Leave the EU in jan 2020 introduce a point-based
immigration system
- Nationalism - Brexit
- Recent (‘24) cut to sick pay benefits
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