🔴 Exclusive: Corporate donations British parties tripled over last three elections

But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies

It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms

New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-corporate-donations-to-british

February 11, 2026 - 11:47 UTC

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By a strange coincidence, we're dropping like a stone in the global corruption league, 13 places in 10 years

www.transparency.org/en/news/cpi-2025-findings-insights-corruption
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The point about high-net worth individuals is telling and worth emphasising

A whole bunch of Labour policies that didn't appear in the manifesto and that almost everybody hates seem oddly familiar from e.g. the Epstein files and other glimpses we have into that world
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See e.g. Blue Labour immigration policies

bsky.app/profile/clearlight.bsky.social/post/3mel3knj27s24
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There's no reason to allow companies to donate. Get a dividend and pay tax and then donate if you like.
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Donations should be disbanded. Govt should give equal amount to each party for mktg leading up to an election

Any donations from corps should go into this shared pot

Corp dinners/lobbying should be banned
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Corruption. Britain is entering the Trumposhere… Starmer appears to be doing nothing to stop this.
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There was £14 million donated from companies before the 2017 election.

By 2024, the figure was £42m. Just five gave £27MILLION

In 2024, Labour took £13.3m, exceeding trade union donations (£10.6m) for the first time in the party’s history.

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-corporate-donations-to-british
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Now three Labour chairs of parliamentary committees have called on government to use upcoming Elections Bill to tighten rules on political donations and protect British democracy from big money and foreign interference

By @lucasamin.bsky.social and me democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-corporate-donations-to-british
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The jump in corporate donations to Labour from 2017/19 to 2024 is absolutely wild
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bsky.app/profile/mikester.bsky.social/post/3lgvwpn4yo22x
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bsky.app/profile/month-of-august.bsky.social/post/3lv6ixyrsb22d
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bsky.app/profile/dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social/post/3lwitmkuods2u
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This is an issue I am very very aware of and currently exploring
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Do you have a different link? I'd like to not give money to nazis, but the article seems a good one to read and share.
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Action stations!!!!
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Have they got offshore bank accounts? Opaue andctax dodging?
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America and citizens united have shown the way, and the possibilities.

Compared to the billions that get spent in America it's actually embarrassing how cheaply our politicians can be bought for by comparison.
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Oh, no. That's what happened here in the US! Get the dark money out of your politics, or you'll be in our boat.
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And this is why Labour are governing for the wealthy and the reason inequality is getting worse. Donations and lobbying need to be banned.
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An independent Scotland can do much better than this, just take private ‘donations’ out of iScottish politics & have a system that publicly funds it, based on members or seats or votes…#Scottishindependence
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This is huge. (The potential for) corruption at the heart of Westminster politics.
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Ban all corporate donations! Corporations don’t vote and they don’t have a moral code the donate to everybody just so they can influence policy. Why not pay their taxes and contribute positively to society and use that as leverage with governments and society at large
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They're banned in the Green party, which also has fully democratic policy making and doesn't use the whip system as it is too easily corrupted.
The Greens are what politics should be.
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British?
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Excellent work Peter.
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And what do these super rich and or opaque doners want or expect….?
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