Pressure on Tories to reveal ‘true source’ of party donations

Questions raised on loopholes in ban on foreign donations to political parties and their effects on the electoral system

The head of the government’s ethics advisory body has called for an overhaul of the rules on political donations, warning stronger safeguards are required against the influence of foreign money.

Lord Jonathan Evans, chair of the independent committee on standards in public life, told the Observer that the government needed to implement new measures which would establish the true source of donations and improve diligence checks.