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Police to investigate donor scandal
Police to investigate donor scandal
Last Modified: 29 Nov 2007
By:
Cathy Newman
Having refused to comment for days, the electoral commission finally intervened in Labour's donor scandal tonight, referring the case to the police.
Scotland Yard appointed a Commander to investigate, but revealed that Assistant Commissioner John Yates, who led the cash-for-honours inquiry will advise.
The Met's involvement became inevitable after Gordon Brown admitted earlier in the week that the party's acceptance of a series of donations from a third party was unlawful.
All this came after the party's deputy leader Harriet Harman had as torrid a time in the Commons today as her boss did yesterday, as she tried to insist she hadn't broken the law.
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