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| Labour hit by new donations row | Labour hit by new donations row |
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| Health Secretary Alan Johnson is the latest minister to become embroiled in controversy over donations. | Health Secretary Alan Johnson is the latest minister to become embroiled in controversy over donations. |
| The Sunday Mirror claims his deputy leadership campaign received £3,334 from a man who was given the money by his brother, a Labour Party official. | The Sunday Mirror claims his deputy leadership campaign received £3,334 from a man who was given the money by his brother, a Labour Party official. |
| The paper says Waseem Siddiqui was used to channel the gift to Mr Johnson's failed campaign. | The paper says Waseem Siddiqui was used to channel the gift to Mr Johnson's failed campaign. |
| But Mr Johnson's team denies any wrongdoing, saying the donation was checked and registered correctly. | But Mr Johnson's team denies any wrongdoing, saying the donation was checked and registered correctly. |
| A statement from Mr Johnson's deputy leadership campaign said: "We had no reason to believe the donation came from anyone other than (Mr Siddiqui). | A statement from Mr Johnson's deputy leadership campaign said: "We had no reason to believe the donation came from anyone other than (Mr Siddiqui). |
| Filed on time | Filed on time |
| "We checked he was a member of the Labour Party and was on the Electoral Register and we registered the donation with the Labour Party, the Register of Members' Interests and the Electoral Commission." | "We checked he was a member of the Labour Party and was on the Electoral Register and we registered the donation with the Labour Party, the Register of Members' Interests and the Electoral Commission." |
| The allegations come days after Peter Hain was forced to quit his cabinet posts over a donations row. | The allegations come days after Peter Hain was forced to quit his cabinet posts over a donations row. |
| Mr Hain resigned as work and pensions secretary and Wales secretary after the Electoral Commission, which is investigating more than £100,000 of undeclared donations to his deputy Labour leadership campaign, passed the case to police. | Mr Hain resigned as work and pensions secretary and Wales secretary after the Electoral Commission, which is investigating more than £100,000 of undeclared donations to his deputy Labour leadership campaign, passed the case to police. |
| The statement from Mr Johnson's campaign team confirmed that four donations - including that from Mr Siddiqui - had not appeared on the Electoral Commission's register but insisted the paperwork had been filed on time. | |
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| It also said the campaign team had met with the Commission in early December to discuss why the donations were not listed on the website. | |
| The Sunday Mirror claims that Mr Siddiqui, 50, was asked to write the cheque by his brother Ahmed Yar Mohammed - treasurer of Croydon Central Labour Party. | |
| Mr Siddiqui told the newspaper he did not know who the health secretary was and that he joined the Labour Party as a student member in March last year, on instruction from his brother. | |
| He is said to be a Pakistani who has been living in Croydon, Surrey, on a student visa for the past three years. |