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Sunday, 2 October 2011
The Conservative Party is a partly-owned subsidiary of the Banking elite
Discredited hedge funds, financiers and private equity firms contributed more than a quarter of all donations to the Tory Party in the past year according to research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. These ill gotten gains added to donations from other City of London firms made up over 51% of Tory party donations, leading the report's authors to conclude that 'the City’s financial influence over the Tories has deepened in the past 12 months': http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/09/30/hedge-funds-financiers-and-private-equity-tycoons-make-up-27-of-tory-funding/
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Audit Commission abolition - more rich pickings for Big 4 consultancy firms?
The Tax Research UK blog notes that “the audit functions of the Commission will be moved to the private sector. Its research activities will simply cease. So, rich pickings for the Big 4 firms who spent so much supporting the Tory because before the general election there then..”
http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2010/08/14/farewell-to-the-audit-commission/
http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2010/08/14/farewell-to-the-audit-commission/
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