工党在唐宁街为大额捐赠人举办招待会 面临捐款上限呼声

英国工党在唐宁街为大额捐赠人举办招待会，此举正值政治捐款规模问题引发广泛关注之际。1改革党近期从两名加密货币亿万富翁本·德洛和克里斯托弗·哈博恩在48小时内获得7200万英镑捐款，这笔巨额捐赠激发了议员和工会对设立捐款上限的呼声。1

工党主席布里奇特·菲利普森随即发出募捐邮件应对，表示"当我看到两名加密货币亿万富翁给改革党7200万英镑时，我有了同样的想法：你如何与之竞争？"1工党面临多重财政压力——自2020年以来从附属工会获得近4300万英镑，1选举年以来捐款收入下降84%，1去年报告赤字260万英镑。1工党在过去一年中失去了超过五分之一的成员。1工会普遍秘书们在捐款上限问题上存在分歧。1

The Labour Party held a drinks reception at Downing Street for major donors as mounting pressure builds for stricter limits on political contributions 1. The event comes amid growing concerns about the scale of campaign financing in British politics, triggered by a recent display of concentrated donor power from rival parties.

The Reform Party's receipt of £72 million in donations from two cryptocurrency billionaires, Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, within a 48-hour period has intensified the debate 1. Labour Party chair Bridget Phillipson responded to the spectacle by launching a fundraising appeal to party members, stating in a fundraising email: "When I saw two crypto billionaires give Reform £72m, I had one thought: how do you compete with that?" 1. The party has faced its own financial challenges, reporting a £2.6 million deficit last year and experiencing an 84 percent decline in donation income since the election year began 1. Labour has also lost more than one-fifth of its membership over the past year 1.

The party has historically relied on affiliated unions for financial support, receiving nearly £43 million from this source since 2020 1. However, union leaders remain divided on whether to support a donations cap, complicating efforts to build consensus around campaign finance reform 1.