Labour has been raking in private donations after making a big effort to woo business leaders and wealthy philanthropists over the last three years. The campaign has been spearheaded by donor Waheed Alli, a media executive, but also driven by Tony Blair’s former chief fundraiser Michael Levy – both Labour peers. Their efforts have returned a few New Labour-era donors to the fold, optimistic that Starmer has turned the party’s fortunes around, and a large number of new names have cropped up as well.
The trade unions, membership subscriptions and fundraising events such as party conference make up a large part of the funding pot, but these are the big individual donors contributing to Labour’s campaign coffers right now:
