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Article: Party forced to repay Pounds 15,000 charity donation
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 6, 2008
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Labour was embroiled in a fresh row over donations last night
after it was forced to pay back 15,000 to a children's charity which
illegally donated cash to the party.
Catz Club, which has received lottery money to run breakfast and
after-school clubs across Britain, paid the money to attend Labour's
star-studded fundraising sports dinner this summer. But it was
forced to ask for the money back after the Conservatives uncovered
the donation and told the Charity Commission.
The commission said the case was of "serious concern" because of
the blanket ban on charities making donations to political parties.
The Conservatives said the case marked "a new low in Labour's
donations history". But the ...
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