Tax letter business leaders gave £2.5m to Tories

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Signatories to a Daily Telegraph calling for a stop to the proposed increase in national insurance have given nearly £500,000 to the Conservative party.

UPDATE 14.55:

Thanks to our commenter, Henry, who pointed out that, “LFF are only scratching the surface with their list. You need to look at the companies.”

Companies run by the signatories have given an additional £2 million bringing the total donations from tax letter signatories to a stunning £2,484,804. Going through the list it turns out that:

• Aggregate Industries have given £100,500

• JCB have given £616,010 in cash donations and £118,177 non-cash donations

• Bestway Cash & Carry have given £28,852

• Harris Ventures (Lord Harris’ company) have given £1,160,730 in cash donations and £25,135.59 in non-cash donations

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Signatories to today’s letter in the Daily Telegraph calling for a stop to the proposed increase in national insurance have given close to half a million pounds to the Conservative party.

The following signatories have made donations to the Conservative party covered on the Electoral Commission register:

• Anthony Bamford has given £86,249.

• Aidan Heavey has given £5,500

• Christopher Gent has given £105,400

• Simon Wolfson has given £238,250

Among the other signatories, Lord Harris of Peckham takes the Conservative whip in the Lords.

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122 Responses to “Tax letter business leaders gave £2.5m to Tories”

  1. Kelly-Marie Blundell

    Southeastern Trains donated £2 million. Then removed safety critical station staff the day after the crash in Brussels with Eurostar due to no safety critical staff.
    All a great big ol’ boys club keeping each other sweet.

  2. Harry

    Missed a few Will:

    Aggregate Industries – £50k
    http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2010/02/conservatives-raised-more-than-twice-as-much-money-as-labour-in-the-final-quarter-of-2009.html

    Jonathan Marland (ex director, Jardine Lloyd Thompson and ex tory treasurer)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Marland,_Baron_Marland

    Lord Harris of Peckham (Tory Peer)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Harris,_Baron_Harris_of_Peckham

    Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou (Tory Adviser – New Enterprise Council)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelios_Haji-Ioannou

    Mitchell & Butlers have received substantial investment from Mr Tchenguiz a Tory donor

    Whitbread Tory donors
    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/whitbread-chiefs-pay-lifted-14-to-471000-pounds-1424921.html

    Bestway Cash and Carry – support Dominic Grieve
    http://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=10243

  3. Steve Jones

    RT @leftfootfwd: UPDATE: Including companies run by Telegraph tax letter signatories, total Tory donation is £2.5m http://bit.ly/ajXcKW

  4. Claire Spencer

    RT @leftfootfwd: UPDATE: Including companies run by Telegraph tax letter signatories, total Tory donation is £2.5m http://bit.ly/ajXcKW

  5. tom_watson

    RT @leftfootfwd: UPDATE: Including companies run by Telegraph tax letter signatories, total Tory donation is £2.5m http://bit.ly/ajXcKW

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