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The chance of a tennis match with Tony Blair has attracted a bid of at least £10,000 ahead of a fundraising auction for the Labour Party. A piece of art by Antony Gormley and lunch with Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson have also brought in five-figure offers, the party says. It calculates it has already raised a six-figure sum from the auction alone. Figures from the Electoral Commission in May show the Labour is £17.8m in debt and the Tories are £12m in debt. Campbell novel The figures also show that Labour received £3m in donations, the Tories £4.2m - while the Lib Dems raised £470,000 - between January and March 2008. Another popular lot in the Labour auction was the chance to be a character in a novel by former Blair press secretary Alastair Campbell. The party says a dinner, at Wembley Stadium, will also raise... [read full story]
