Capita boss quits over Tony Blair loan
The chairman of outsourcing firm Capita is stepping down over “spurious” claims his £1m loan to Labour resulted in the group getting government contracts.
Rod Aldridge, one of 12 donors who lent the party almost £14m in total before the last election, said he did “not want this misconception to continue”.
Chancellor Gordon Brown said the political funding system had to be reformed to increase “transparency”