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[[The Leader's Group]] is a donor club of the [[Conservative Party]] and is described as the 'premier supporter group'.<ref name="leaders group">[http://www.conservatives.com/Donate/Donor_Clubs.aspx 'Donor Clubs'], ''Conservative party website''.</ref> In order to become a member of the group an annual membership fee of £50,000 must be paid. As a member of [[The Leader's Group]] you can expect to ' join [[David Cameron]] and other senior figures from the Conservative Party at dinners, post-PMQ lunches, drinks receptions, election result events and important campaign launches'. <ref name="leaders group"/>
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[[The Leader's Group]] is a donor club of the [[Conservative Party]] and is described as the 'premier supporter group'.<ref name="leaders group">[http://www.conservatives.com/Donate/Donor_Clubs.aspx 'Donor Clubs'], ''Conservative party website''.</ref> To become a member of the group an annual membership fee of £50,000 must be paid. As a member of [[The Leader's Group]] you can expect to 'join [[David Cameron]] and other senior figures from the Conservative Party at dinners, post-PMQ lunches, drinks receptions, election result events and important campaign launches'. <ref name="leaders group"/>
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Set up in 2003, David Cameron's [[The Leader's Group|Leader’s Group]] 'has grown to become a key part of Tory fundraising' according to the [[Daily Mail]], which revealed in January 2014 that the elite dining group had donated more than £43.1 million to the party since 2001. Secrecy surrounding its events has raised suspicions; no list of members has ever been published nor details of the topics discussed ever revealed. The Conservatives continue to refuse to release public information about the group<ref> Jason Groves, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2544318/Revealed-The-43m-paid-elite-group-donors-access-Tories-including-David-Cameron.html#ixzz2sL8dp1nz Revealed: The £43m paid by elite group of donors for access to top Tories including David Cameron], ''Daily Mail'', 23 January 2014, acc 4 February 2014 </ref> beyond details of those who have attended the events every quarter since 2012.
  
 
The chairman of the Group is [[Howard Leigh]].
 
The chairman of the Group is [[Howard Leigh]].

Revision as of 00:00, 18 March 2014

The Leader's Group is a donor club of the Conservative Party and is described as the 'premier supporter group'.[1] To become a member of the group an annual membership fee of £50,000 must be paid. As a member of The Leader's Group you can expect to 'join David Cameron and other senior figures from the Conservative Party at dinners, post-PMQ lunches, drinks receptions, election result events and important campaign launches'. [1]

Set up in 2003, David Cameron's Leader’s Group 'has grown to become a key part of Tory fundraising' according to the Daily Mail, which revealed in January 2014 that the elite dining group had donated more than £43.1 million to the party since 2001. Secrecy surrounding its events has raised suspicions; no list of members has ever been published nor details of the topics discussed ever revealed. The Conservatives continue to refuse to release public information about the group[2] beyond details of those who have attended the events every quarter since 2012.

The chairman of the Group is Howard Leigh.

Donors attending Leader's Group events

2012

2013

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 'Donor Clubs', Conservative party website.
  2. ↑ Jason Groves, Revealed: The £43m paid by elite group of donors for access to top Tories including David Cameron, Daily Mail, 23 January 2014, acc 4 February 2014
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