Major Labour Party donor wants private money out of politics
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Reform UK has hit out after it was suggested that Labour could apply proposed donations laws retrospectively and force Nigel Farage to hand back two £36m donations given to the party by crypto-billionaire backers. 02:30 LBC’s political correspondant Natasha Clark, analyses the story with Tom Swarbrick. 05:32 | Dale Vince, Founder of Ecotricity, Chairman of Forest Green Rovers FC, and a major Labour Party Donor comes on to tell Tom that politics should be a battle ideas, not a battle of money, and calls for an end to private money in politics. 11:44 | Caller Martin is concerned about the retrospective nature of the proposals and the implications it could have on other laws. 14:22 | Gary is a Reform voter, but he says 'the answers aren't good enough' whenever they come explain where the money comes from. 17:25 | Luke tells Tom that he thinks that political parties should have no private donations, and all their funding should instead come from the government. Listen to the full
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