WHO GAVE WHAT WHEN

Isn't it strange that Durham Green Developments has only two directors, Ray Ruddick and Janet Kidd, the two employees of David Abrahams through whom he made donations of nearly £400,000 to Labour.

Plans for the 540-acre Durham Green Business Park were originally turned down by the Highways Agency on the grounds that it would cause too much congestion on the A1.

But last year the Highways Agency, which answers to the Department for Transport, removed its objections. The local Labour council approved the scheme.

I wonder why ?

WHO GAVE WHAT WHEN

Janet Dunn	31 January 2003	£25,000
Janet Kidd	06 May 2003	£25,000
Ray Ruddick	18 August 2003	£25,000
John McCarthy	12 January 2004	£15,000
Janet Kidd	01 April 2004	£10,000
Janet Kidd	27 October 2004	£2,000
John McCarthy	05 February 2005	£25,000
John McCarthy	01 June 2005	£25,000
John McCarthy	22 December 2005	£52,125
Janet Kidd	23 December 2005	£30,000
Ray Ruddick	23 December 2005	£17,850
John McCarthy	21 April 2006	£50,000
Ray Ruddick	24 May 2006	£50,000
John McCarthy	28 June 2007	£35,000
Janet Kidd	29 June 2007	£38,000
Ray Ruddick	29 June 2007	£24,000
Janet Kidd	10 July 2007	£80,000
Ray Ruddick	10 July 2007	£80,000
	Total	£608,975.00
Source: Electoral Commission