Quote:
THE fledgling party started by breakaway Labour MPs has suffered a financial blow, after it emerged it will not be eligible for public money given to other opposition parties.
The Independent Group, which hopes to evolve into a new party within months, had been expected to qualify for hundreds of thousands of pounds in ‘short money’.
However the House of Commons has confirmed that short money is not available “to a new political party, if it was established in the middle of parliament”.
It means the new party would need to fight and win seats at a general election to qualify.https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...oup/?ref=fbshr
|
I wonder if this was thought through, especially with no current evidence of a financial backer.