Gordon Brown will have all the money he needs to fight a snap General Election, his biggest donor has pledged.
Steel tycoon Lord Paul said he would bankroll Labour with "as much as I can afford" if the Prime Minister went to the country early - possibly as soon as this autumn.
The declaration fuelled election fever as it effectively removed the biggest barrier to a poll.
Labour has debts of more than £20 million and willing supporters have dwindled in the wake of the cash-for-peerages scandal. By contrast the Conservatives have a surplus of £4.2 million.
**Well he is already a Lord so I wonder what else New Labour can offer him?Story here
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