Half Title Page; Title Page; Title verso; Preface; Contents; 1. A Crisis Unfolds; 2. Regulatory Objectives; 3. Regulatory Methods; 4. Party Autonomy and Public Accountability; 5. Donations to Political Parties: The Regulatory Framework; 6. From 'Sleaze' to 'High-Value Donors' to Loans; 7. Spending Limits in Election Campaigns; 8. The Role of the State Supporting Candidates and Political Parties; 9. Lessons from Canada; 10. Building on PPERA; Appendices; Index
Summary
Party funding has given rise to great controversy since 1997, and continues to do so. In recent years, row has followed row - from million-pound donations, to the so-called loans for peerages affair. The question was the subject of an official investigation by Sir Hayden Phillips, whose blueprint for reform was produced in March 2007. This book charts the evolution of the party funding problem in recent years and explores the weaknesses of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, which was enacted in a vain attempt to clean up British politics. The book sets out a number of
