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. Solomon Hughes

    I like the idea that we should take economic advice from one of board members of Lehman Brothers, who sat on the banks Audit Committee right up to its collapse (step forward Chris Gent, who signed this letter)

  2. Michael Hanley

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

  3. robbie bobbie

    Having a bad day lads? News cycle not going as planned?

    😀

  4. ollie

    So what if they have donated to the Tories? Do you guys make a fuss when Unions hand over millions to Labour to push their special interests? No, of course not.

    There is a real stench of desperation from Labour on this issue. How long will it be before some minister overtly attacks theses businesses? We all know the Left detest wealth creation – even though they are addicted to spending it.

    Seeing Mandelscum, Zippy and Virgil trot out the same old crap at that press conference this morning was at once hilarious, and profoundly desperate. They were wrong footed, and they know it.

    Roll on the election.

  5. Martin Parks

    RT @tom_watson: RT @leftfootfwd: Tax letter business leaders gave £500k to Tories http://bit.ly/ajXcKW <-bound to have come out

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