article_snippet.sent: In the first round of election donations registered, £506,240 was given by Unison, while the CWU gave £51,072.
article_snippet.sent: The former tax exile, who was involved in the cash-for-honours controversy, gave £250,000.
article_snippet.sent: Ukip received only £35,416 in the period but last night Ukip coffers were boosted by a £1million donation from Daily Express owner Richard Desmond, who gave £300,000 last year.
article_snippet.sent: In the week to April 5, the Conservatives received £501,850 and the Lib Dems £20,000.
article_snippet.sent: One of the most generous gifts to the Tories –
article_snippet.sent: £75,000 – came from Michael Tory, who was in charge of Lehman Brothers’ UK investment banking division when the bank nearly crashed the West’s economy.
article_snippet.sent: Sawsan Asfari, wife of long-time Tory donor and oil executive Ayman Asfari, gave £20,000.
article_snippet.sent: Syrian-born Mr Asfari, who has given the Tories about £400,000, was made a ‘business ambassador’ by David Cameron last year.
article_snippet.sent: Hedge fund manager, James Diner, who once dated model Caprice, gave £25,000 while socialite Fitriani Hay, who co-owns property development firm JMP Group with socialite Fitriani Hay, who co-owns property development firm JMP Group racehorse-owning husband James, donated £66,850.
article_snippet.sent: Ukip received £25,000 from Robin Birley, who is also bankrolling Tory chief whip Michael Gove’s re-election campaign.
article_snippet.sent: Nick Clegg’s friend Anthony Ullmann, boss of polyester yarn company Autofil, and Joseph Zammit-Lucia, who describes himself as a ‘compulsive contrarian’ on himself website, each gave £10,000 to the Lib Dems.