1. Should Political Parties Be State Funded?
The Home Secretary David Blunkett said that political parties will eventually be financed by the state. ... He promised to immediately publish the notes from his crucial meeting with Mr Ecclestone on October 16, but he said there was no need for a public inquiry into the affair and the money was later returned in its entirety. Another very damaging account of sleaze was in 2001 when the Conservatives called for an inquiry into the £32m smallpox vaccine contract awarded to a Labour donor without being put out to tender. ... Public opinion however is nowhere near convinced, and could b...
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