For Sale - One Labour Party, Slightly Shop Soiled.
Lord Sainsbury in £2m gift to Labour - Times Online
The refinancing deal means the party will have to find £2m a year to service its debt.
Under the restructuring plan, masterminded by Ray Collins, the party’s new general secretary, the annual £2m debt bill will be paid for by “commercial activities” – mainly event sponsorship and conferences
Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts - Times OnlineThe former transport minister Stephen Ladyman has been using his parliamentary office to lobby officials for contracts for a private company.
Documents obtained under freedom of information laws show that the Labour MP touted for the business on behalf of ITIS Holdings, a transport company that pays him £1,000 a month.
Looks like Ladyman is just ahead of the rest of the Labour Party by a few months....