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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dave Burke

Billionaire hedge fund boss who donated millions to Tories takes place in House of Lords

A billionaire hedge fund boss who donated millions of pounds to the Tory Party today took his place in the House of Lords.

Sir Michael Hintze, 69, was appointed to the unelected upper house after being put forward by former PM Boris Johnson.

Figures from the Electoral Commission show that he has donated more than £4.3million to the Tory Party in the past two decades.

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