Donor Power - Party Political Funding Special

How should political parties fund themselves if not through individual donors? Dr Sam Power, a lecturer in corruption analysis in the Department of Politics at the University of Sussex, says the pool of donors to British political parties has always been small but the danger is that they anchor policy thinking in one direction. Darren Hughes, chief executive of the Electoral Reform Society, tells Bloomberg Westminster's Caroline Hepker and Roger Hearing that reform is urgently needed including a cap on political donations. Matthew Lesh, head of research at the Adam Smith Institute, argues donations flow from people with a genuine interest in politics and it is up to politicians to make decisions in the public interest. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com