Chancellor gave Fujitsu executive advice on gaining contracts

Jeremy Hunt was emailed by Fujitsu’s Keith Dear requesting more information on their conversation about accessing technology funding. Photograph: Maja Smiejkowska/PA

Jeremy Hunt gave advice at a Conservative fundraiser to a senior Fujitsu executive who lobbied him in relation to government spending on AI and supercomputers, according to released emails.

Keith Dear – a former Downing street adviser who leads the firm’s work on quantum, supercomputers and next-generation AI – wrote to Hunt a day after a Conservative party fundraiser at the end of September.