Cash for honours saga ends as the Tory party is cleared
NO CHARGES will be brought as part of the so-called "cash for honours" inquiry into the Conservative Party, it emerged yesterday. The Crown Prosecution Service said there was insufficient evidence.
The announcement finally brings an end to the prolonged saga which began last year with the launch of the Scotland Yard inquiry into claims that peerages were awarded in return for political donations.
Although most attention focused on the alleged involvement of senior aides to Tony Blair, then the prime minister, the police also assembled a separate file in relation to claims against the Conservatives.
In July it was announced that no charges would be brought against the Labour Party.
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