MPs tell Barclays to stop fundraising for Mitt Romney | The Galactic Free Press

• Amelia Hill and Rupert Neate
  guardian.co.uk
• Wednesday 25 July 2012 13.27 EDT

  Bank at centre of Libor-setting scandal says it is non-partisan and donations are made by employees in a personal capacity
   

  Mitt Romney is in the UK for a fundraising dinner and to attend the Olympics. Photograph: James Glover/Reuters

  Barclays has privately distanced itself from its bankers' donations to Mitt Romney, the US Republican presidential candidate, after its executives were accused in parliament of fundraising for political candidates instead of working to rebuild the public's trust in the wake of the Libor-setting scandal.

  Executives at Barclays have donated over $1m to Romney's presidential campaign and will hand over more money on Thursday night at an exclusive fundraising dinner in a secret Mayfair location, where tickets cost between $50,000 and $75,000.

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