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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Political correspondent

Boris Johnson given £1m donation by former Brexit party backer

Boris Johnson’s office was given £1m by tech industry investor Christopher Harborne.
Boris Johnson’s office was given £1m by tech industry investor Christopher Harborne (right). Composite: Tejas Sandhu/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock/George Cracknell Wright/LNP

Boris Johnson has received a donation of £1m from a Thai-based British businessman who had previously given millions of pounds to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, the newly released register of MPs’ interests has shown.

Christopher Harborne, a tech industry investor who had previously donated to the Conservatives but gave the Brexit party £6m before the 2019 general election, handed the £1m donation to Johnson’s personal office, set up after he left No 10.

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