Party officials consider withholding assistance on parliamentary commerce unless government scraps plan to slash Short money for opposition partiesLabour is considering withdrawing cooperation with the Conservatives in Westminster over a proposed 19% reduction in state money to opposition parties in parliament.Party officials confirmed they would consider halting cooperation with the Tories over parliamentary commerce unless the government considers rowing back on plans to prick “Short money” (named after Ted Short,a former leader of the Commons) announced in the autumn statement. Tim Farron, the Lib Dem leader, and has described the cuts as an attack on democracy.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com