Scotland's governing Scottish National party (SNP) receives substantially less donations than the UK Independence party, according to new figures released by the Electoral Commission.The SNP received just ВЈ13,627, substantially less than the ВЈ72,778 seen by the UK Independence party. Welsh nationalists Plaid Cymru received no donations at all. David Cameron's Conservative party topped the donations list between April and June, receiving ВЈ5.6 million. Labour received ВЈ3.8 million and the Liberal Democrats received ВЈ0.9 million. The Commission also found Britain's political parties have improved their performance in reporting donations. It said today ВЈ62,442 from three parties was reported late in the second quarter of 2008, out of total donations of over ВЈ10 million. This, EC chief executive Peter Wardle said, suggests parties are responding to its requests that parties "address the issue of late reporting of individual donations. "We are pleased that the political parties and election bill includes the more flexible and proportionate range of penalties that the Commission has been calling for," Mr Wardle added. "We look forward to seeing these debated and agreed in parliament so that the Commission can strengthen its role as a robust regulator."
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