Amanda Delew, Lord Levy's capable assistant

Professionalizing the Millbank Tendency:June 2001
Guradian 2001
" ,,,,appointment of Amanda Delew as a fund-raising consultant to Tony Blair in 1996; the following year she moved from Blair’s private office to Labour’s former headquarters at Walworth Road where she became head of the new High Value Donors Unit, a move which placed her on the party payroll."

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"The peer's importance to the party as a channel for funds was underlined by the disclosure that a professional fundraiser recommended by Lord Levy has been engaged by the party to drum up support.

Jeff Shear, director of a north London-based management and consultancy company, has been engaged to woo potential donors, and has helped to organise tomorrow night's £350-a-plate gala dinner at the Brighton conference.

Both men met through Jewish Care, a charity of which Lord Levy is president and for which Mr Shear raises cash.

Mr Shear, 46, a Labour supporter, was hired by Millbank on the personal recommendation of Lord Levy, and is paid to chase up leads and suggest which business people might hand over cash.

Until the election, much of that work was done in Millbank by Amanda Delew in a special high-value donor unit. According to one donor who has dealt with Lord Levy, the task has been effectively "contracted out of Millbank to strengthen the hand of Levy".

What the Guradian failed to mention was that our Amanda (Amanda the Loot as they liked to call her at Millbank)also worked at Jewish Care - whose expenditures exceed £55MN per annum. Probably the largest for any ethnically directed charity in the UK it has been claimed.