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He said he had been asked to sign a blank cheque by Ahmed Yar Mohammed. He said You write a cheque . I write a cheque for that for the Labour party. As family members we share a number of financial arrangements. I did this in good faith and at no point was it my intention to disguise my donation. He would be writing to the Electoral Commission to clarify the issue. We actually had some people on our team who knew of him and his family Johnson said. Johnson s campaign said it believed all donations had been declared properly within the legal time limits. The Songlines money was not declared until January this year. A commission spokeswoman said yesterday donations including Siddiqui s were reported to it on December and were being checked. He donated to Johnson s campaign in March which has been cleared. I made a donation. It was above board . I think I gave the money directly to Alan as a cheque. It was on the basis that I thought Alan Johnson would be! a terrific deputy leader. Johnson has in donations already registered to the Electoral Commission. Only donations of more than are shown on the commission website. His campaign said he spent around . The latest funding revelations suggest he has gathered a more dedicated following. Mohammed is treasurer of Croydon Central Labour party and works as an energy trader.

Source: http://politics.guardian.co.uk/funding/story/0,,2247949,00.html


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