Who are the biggest political donors and why do they give to parties before an election?

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The Conservatives received £50,000 in the dying days of the election campaign from a company linked to a billionaire who has been jailed for exploiting his domestic staff, Electoral Commission figures show.
Figures published on Monday show Westminster Development Services, a consortium responsible for redeveloping the Old War Office on Whitehall into a Raffles hotel, made the donation to the Tories on July 1.
According to Companies House, Westminster Development Services is up to 50% owned by AMC Project Services, which itself lists Prakash Hinduja, the chairman of the Hinduja Group and one of Britain's richest men, as its owner.
Some 10 days earlier, on June 21, Hinduja and three members of his family had been jailed by a Swiss court after being convicted of exploiting domestic workers at their mansion in Geneva.
Hinduja and his wife Kamal received sentences of four years and six months, while their son Ajay and his wife Namrata were jailed for four years. ..

The court said the four were guilty of exploiting workers and providing unauthorised employment, but dismissed more serious charges of human trafficking. The Hindujas' lawyers said the defendants planned to appeal against the decision.
The Conservative Party has been approached for comment.
Monday's Electoral Commission figures confirmed the Conservatives struggled to raise funds throughout the election, receiving only £225,587 in the last week of the campaign.
In total, the party received just £1.8 million in private donations, around a fifth of the £9.5 million raised by Labour as it secured its commanding majority.

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That probably won it for Labour - the huge donations, usually the party with the most money wins by a comfortable margin..

[johnofgwent]

Hoping for influence after a successful election.

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Who are the biggest political donors and why do they give to parties before an election?

It's an election campaign - and that means political donations have ramped up.

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