Tory significant donations reach £1.4m
THE Tories raised £1.45 million in significant donations during the first week of General Election campaigning – nearly twice the amount banked by Labour.
David Cameron's party received 33 large gifts worth 1,455,811 between the contest being called on 6 April and 12 April.
Labour raked in a total of 783,159 from seven sizeable donations, and the Lib Dems just 20,000 from two. The figures reported to the Electoral Commission only cover gifts of more than 7,500.
The Tories' donations included 150,000 by the Glasgow-based Juniper Property Finance Company Ltd.
The figures for Labour do not include a 400,000 donation from Lord Sugar, which was made after the reporting period. The bulk of Labour's donations came from unions.
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