Campaigns for Britain to leave EU get biggest donations: Watchdog
The EU referendum is due next month are reports state that the 'out' campaign has received a lot more donations that the 'In' campaign.
Campaigns for Britain to leave the European Union in a referendum next month received 8.2 million pounds ($12 million) in donations, more than the funding received by the "In" campaign over 81 days.The Electoral Commission said in a statement that a group called Leave.EU, which is not the official lead campaign for Britain to exit the EU, received the biggest donation of 3.2 million pounds, from a founder of investment firm Hargreaves Lansdown, Peter Hargreaves.The official "In" campaign received two donations from businessman David Sainsbury amounting to more than 2 million pounds. The election watchdog was recording donations from February 1 until April 21.