Sentences with phrase «row over party funding»

The row over party funding has damaged the Conservative party's election hopes, with almost one - in - two saying the party's arrangements are «dodgy and disreputable» according to a new poll.

The row over party funding and concerns about voter fraud are largely down to a «lack of courage, competence and leadership» by the Electoral Commission, a new report warns.

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Speaking after the HMRC data loss and a fresh row over political funding in the Labour party, Mr Cameron said Mr Brown's government was now suffering from bureaucratic over-reach and incompetence.

Earlier this week, Ukip's only remaining MP Douglas Carswell ignited a huge row in the party after refusing to accept over # 600,000 of publicly - funded «Short money» allocated to the parliamentary party.

The clearing of Tom Watson's former office manager Karie Murphy, who has now been reinstated to the Labour party following the row over her candidacy in Falkirk, could have been used as an opportunity to scale back the confrontation over funding.

Gordon Brown said it would be a «great loss» if Mr Hain had to resign from his Cabinet positions over the latest funding row to beset the Labour party.

He bowed to intense pressure to quit and save his party further embarrassment and damage from the row over his payment of hundreds of thousands of pounds of public funds to his wife and two sons.

It comes as the union announced it was to cut its affiliation funds in the wake of the row over party reforms.

The party was granted an urgent question in Parliament after reports of a coalition row over funding.