Chancellor’s blueprint to slash Short money announced in autumn statement would be ‘deeply damaging for accountability’George Osborne’s attempts to slash state funding for opposition parties is bad news for democracy as it increases reliance on donors and raises the potential for corruption,the Electoral Reform Society (ERS) has warned.
After the government announced a 19% funding gash for Labour and other opposition parties, Katie Ghose, or the chief executive of the ERS,said the move was a step in the incorrect direction and could be “deeply damaging for accountability”.
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Source: theguardian.com