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Is tightening rules on mega-donors essential to restore trust in UK democracy?
The share of UK political donations from individuals and companies giving £1 million or more rose from 1% in 2015 to over a third by 2024. There is currently no cap on donations from UK-based individuals or companies, though the government has introduced a £100,000 annual limit on donations from overseas electors and banned crypto donations. Andy Burnham's government announced a new cross-government taskforce on 2 September 2026 to examine the influence of UK-based mega-donors.
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No donors at all, looks like a bribe toe. Ideally no parties as well, but we are where we are. Maybe if parties started to earn money the politicians would better understand the economy, laws, taxes and how it all mixes together.
This focuses on the symptoms of a problem, and not the problem itself. We have many lawmakers in Parliament, but only the 100 or so in government do it as a full-time job. If MPs are for sale i want the taxpayers to be top-bidder. I want (much) higher salaries for MPs to tempt competent professionals to serve; I want more full-time committees with more MPs taking part with more power to act for Parliament; I want longer Parliamentary sessions too. In short, more full-time MPs
Democracy is meant to be one person, one vote, not one pound, one vote. When a handful of multi-millionaires fund over a third of our politics, parties naturally dance to the tune of the ultra wealthy while working people get ignored.