A senior opposition MP has condemned the UK government’s planned election reforms for failing to tackle the influence of anonymous political donations.
The Elections Bill has been criticised by MPs and campaigners for proposing to make photo ID compulsory at polling stations and giving ministers greater control over the elections watchdog.
Stewart Hosie, the Scottish National Party’s shadow cabinet office minister, said that voter ID was unnecessary and that the measures failed to address the electoral system’s vulnerability to so-called ‘dark money’.
