Political funding

From Farage’s undeclared donations to Burnham's Sainsbury’s-branded leadership bid, political money buys outcomes long before voters get a say. Harry Cross on why the left needs its own war chest – built from pennies, not oligarchs.

Two billionaires now account for more than four-fifths of all the money Reform UK has ever raised. Andy Burnham had a chance to cap it last week – and didn’t take it.