Emeritus Prof Christopher May3d ago

Who'd have thought that a bill to constrain corporate donations to political parties in the UK contains many loopholes that would make it largely ineffective.... I wonder why that is?

Just more declaratory politics pretending to do something about the creeping corruption of our democracy but actually doing little to stop the political class sucking on the corporate tit (as it were).

Another policy area where the Greens are more robust than the mainstream!

#politics

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/19/corporate-donations-uk-political-parties-foreign-interference-bill-loopholes-centax

Ban corporate donations to UK political parties to protect elections, says thinktank

CenTax warns bill under debate in parliament has ‘easily exploitable’ loopholes and will not prevent foreign interference

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Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE

@ChrisMayLA6 I used to largely pay for my own council campaign leaflets. The mechanics of which were a donation from my company to the party. Which didn't avoid income tax / corporation tax, but did save the national insurance that I'd have paid on a personal donation.

So the tax treatment of donations to political parties is a little inconsistent, particularly when you also look at inheritance tax.

Mar 19 at 12:02pmWeb