Rebuilding trust in politics starts with repairing the rules on funding

Rebuilding trust in politics starts with repairing the rules on funding

Earlier this month the Electoral Commission heads appeared before a House of Commons select committee with stark warnings about the dangers of failing to address the problems with political finance. Commenting on the existing rules EC Chair John Pullinger said that the system has “a series of weaknesses that do need to be addressed now, if we are not to face some even more damaging consequences for public trust in the system.” It’s time to tackl…