A Donation totalling £372,00 - that just hit a nerve!

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Calm33 · 23/09/2025 14:00

I kept seeing on line about politians accepting donations, to run their staff? Dont they get an allowance and am I being unreasonable when I expect them not to take donations.
Below is the latest I found -

These latest donations bring the total Streeting has accepted from private health-linked interests since 2015 up to £372,000 as declared to parliament and the Electoral Commission.

AIBU to expect more from our politians??????

Search - The Electoral Commission

https://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/?currentPage=1&rows=10&query=wes%20streeting&sort=AcceptedDate&order=desc&tab=1&et=pp&et=ppm&et=tp&et=perpar&et=rd&isIrishSourceYes=true&isIrishSourceNo=true&prePoll=false&postPoll=true&register=gb&register=ni&register=none&optCols=Register&optCols=CampaigningName&optCols=AccountingUnitsAsCentralParty&optCols=IsSponsorship&optCols=IsIrishSource&optCols=RegulatedDoneeType&optCols=CompanyRegistrationNumber&optCols=Postcode&optCols=NatureOfDonation&optCols=PurposeOfVisit&optCols=DonationAction&optCols=ReportedDate&optCols=IsReportedPrePoll&optCols=ReportingPeriodName&optCols=IsBequest&optCols=IsAggregation

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Northquit · 23/09/2025 14:18

Politics would be more interesting if they were only allowed to collect small donations from individuals and not companies.

NewsdeskJC · 23/09/2025 14:54

Yanbu.
I can't tell you how disappointed I am in this governments behaviour. Labour voter my entire life. I thought we had left behind the "cant remember who paid for my wallpaper" shenanigans behind but clearly not.

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Calm33 · 24/09/2025 14:41

I cannot understany why this is not illegal.

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PurBal · 24/09/2025 18:03

I’d rather the salaries of his staff were paid by donors than the taxpayer.

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