The loans for peerage scandal affects the Labour Party far more than any other organisation. Their unwillingness to cooperate and shed light upon the links between their lenders and government contracts is disgraceful:
Chris Grayling, the Conservative MP for Epsom & Ewell and shadow leader of the House, asked what meetings Cabinet Office ministers and officials had held with Capita since the start of January 2004. The Cabinet Office is the department that supports the prime minister and Number 10.
One Cabinet Office official, Ruth Turner, the prime minister's "head of government relations", is at the centre of allegations that civil servants were instructed to assist the procurement of funds for Labour during working hours. The Cabinet Office has declined to answer Grayling's question.
"This information is not held centrally," Jim Murphy, the parliamentary secretary, replied. "To provide the detailed information requested would incur disproportionate cost."
Tony Blair also failed last week to answer a question on what meetings Turner had had with Aldridge and the purpose of those meetings. It had been expected that this question would be answered last Tuesday.
If they had nothing to hide from these relationships, the questions would be answered.
There are also secondary questions on the role of the Allders purchase in Croydon and the role of the lenders to the Labour party, although there is no substance to the allegations.
John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister, is facing fresh questions about the Labour Party's links with two businessmen who secretly loaned it £3.3 million.
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) refused to investigate the "propriety" of payments made by Minerva, a company run by the two millionaire lenders, to Labour-controlled Croydon council.
Minerva paid the legal fees for Croydon Council whilst a rival bid appealed Minerva's planning permission. Minerv aalso paid towards the costs of the original planning investigation. This set-up appears to be legal, but the conflict of interest is apparent. All of this demonstrates why the planning regime should be abolished.
There have been opportunistic calls from the SNP for Sainsbury to be investigated. although it is very likely that Blair will clear him of breaking the Ministerial Code, bringing the repuation of his government into further disrepute.
The Tories will show the names of all their lenders to the Electoral Commission. No doubt the Labour party will attempt to attack this, mainly to dispel attention from their own infighting.