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Hain donations referred to police Peter Hain resigns from Cabinet
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The Electoral Commission has referred Peter Hain's deputy leadership campaign donations to the Metropolitan Police. Peter Hain has quit the Cabinet after his deputy leader campaign donations were referred to the Met Police.
The commission had been looking into late declarations of £103,000 in donations to Mr Hain's campaign during the race to succeed John Prescott. Mr Hain, work and pensions secretary and Wales secretary, said he had stood down so he could "clear my name".
He quit within minutes of the Electoral Commission saying that it had decided to refer the late declaration of £103,000 of donations to the police.
Mr Hain has blamed poor administration and has said the suggestion he tried to hide anything was "absurd".