LONDON (Reuters) - The chairman of a blue-chip British company quit on Thursday following a row over a loan he made to Tony Blair's Labour Party as an influential committee announced a major inquiry into the funding of political parties.
A "cash-for-favours" controversy which erupted earlier this month has dented the Prime Minister's standing in opinion polls and sparked media calls for his resignation.
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