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Hain submits file on donations Hain reveals £103k not declared
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Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain has met the Electoral Commission after failing to declare tens of thousands of pounds in donations. Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain failed to declare £103,000 in donations to his Labour deputy leadership bid, his spokesman has confirmed.
Mr Hain, who is also Welsh Secretary, used the money for his campaign to become Labour deputy leader last year, in which he came fifth out of six. Earlier he passed details of the donations to the Electoral Commission, which is due to report back next week.
It is understood that the undeclared donations add up to about £100,000. Mr Hain said he regretted the omission and admitted that he should have given "higher personal priority" to administration of his campaign.
Mr Hain has already apologised for failing to declare a £5,000 donation, blaming "administrative failings". Mr Hain, who is also Welsh secretary, came fifth out of six in the contest.
He has already apologised for failing to declare a £5,000 donation, blaming "administrative failings".
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He later went on to admit that there were other donations he had failed to declare.He later went on to admit that there were other donations he had failed to declare.
After weeks of work going back through the paperwork, Mr Hain has identified a series of donations adding up to around £100,000 - the details of which he has given to the Electoral Commission. After weeks of work going back through the paperwork, Mr Hain has identified a series of donations adding up to £103,156.75.
An Electoral Commission spokeswoman said Mr Hain provided them with information about the donations earlier on Thursday. His admission has been followed by a row between the two men who ran his deputy leadership campaign over who was to blame.
Mr Hain's admission of failing to declare donations has been followed by a row between the two men who ran his deputy leadership campaign over who was to blame. On Wednesday, former Hain aide Phil Taylor, who ran the campaign in its earlier stages, said all donations had been declared when he was in charge.
On Wednesday, a former Hain aide Phil Taylor, who ran the campaign in its earlier stages, said all donations had been declared when he was in charge.
His successor, Steve Morgan, has said he was brought into the Neath MP's campaign "to bring order to the chaos" left by Mr Taylor.His successor, Steve Morgan, has said he was brought into the Neath MP's campaign "to bring order to the chaos" left by Mr Taylor.