Image caption The party will put forward a motion at a meeting of Belfast city council later The Alliance Party is calling for a change to legislation which keeps the source of donations to political parties in Northern Ireland secret.
Unlike in the rest of the UK, Stormont parties are not required to reveal where their funding comes from.
The Alliance party says it wants to put pressure on the secretary of state to review the law.
The party will put forward a motion at a meeting of Belfast city council later.
As an MP, Alliance leader Naomi Long secured legislative change meaning names of single donors of more than £7,500 since January 2014 can be published if the secretary of state lifts an exemption.
Speaking to the BBC"s Evening Extra programme, Mrs Long said there was no problem with political parties accepting donations, but that the Northern Ireland public should be given the same transparency as those in the rest of the UK.
She said it was time for parties to “open their ..
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