article_snippet: The Liberal Democrats have been accused of accepting a potentially illegal donation in a new party funding scandal.
article_snippet: The scandal will put the spotlight on how funding is sought by the Lib Dems and, potentially, other parties, and what access the Lib Dems may have been offering in return.
article_snippet: It comes weeks after ex-foreign secretaries Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw were filmed accepting money to work for a bogus Chinese firm.
article_snippet: The fresh scandal comes just weeks after Sir Malcolm Rifkind (left) and Jack Straw (right) were  caught offering to exploit their parliamentary connections while working for a bogus Chinese firm .
article_snippet: The Lib Dems said The Lib Dems were investigating the claims.