The Conservatives have been accused of offering businessmen access to ministers in return for cash.
Wealthy supporters have been invited to enjoy "fine wines and superb food" with senior figures during the party's conference in Birmingham in September.Tickets are on sale at £500 and each table will include a "prominent Conservative MP".
Sir Alistair Graham, former chairman of the committee on standards in public lifeIf you're trying to set a high moral tone, this sort of thing is unwise.
But those prepared to double it to £1,000 will sit alongside at least one serving minister.Chancellor George Osborne is set to be the guest of honour at the first Conservative Party Business Dinner.
But Sir Alistair Graham, a former chairman of the committee on standards in public life, told the Daily Telegraph: "If you're trying to set a high moral tone, this sort of thing is unwise.
"Governing parties need to be very careful about their fund-raising.
"The public reacts very strongly to the idea that you can buy influence with government."
WE CANNOT TRUST ANY OF THE MAIN THREE POLITICAL PARTIES TO REPRESENT US.
The people that matter are ignored for the LOBBYISTS of BIG BUSINESS and FOREIGN DONORS.
Further proof, if needed, that the Lib/Lab/Con will sell our country from under us, isn't it about time we started to FIGHT BACK ?