Thinktanks should rethink their funding models | Letters

Hylton Guthrie says the UK has a problem with opaque political funding, while Andy McWilliam wonders if the closure of the High Pay Centre presents Andy Burnham with an opportunity Polly Toynbee laments the decline in funding of various (mostly centre-left)...

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What happened: Hylton Guthrie says the UK has a problem with opaque political funding, while Andy McWilliam wonders if the closure of the High Pay Centre presents Andy Burnham with an opportunity Polly Toynbee laments the decline in funding of various (mostly centre-left)...

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Source attribution: The Guardian Business via theguardian.com. Original report: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/16/thinktanks-should-rethink-their-funding-models