A hedge fund tycoon who hosted Kwasi Kwarteng for a champagne party hours after last month’s mini-Budget is among scores of wealthy financiers and City firms who have donated more than £3.6m to the Conservative Party this year, analysis by The Independent reveals.
Investment banks, asset management firms, hedge funds, insurers and other financial services companies and high net-worth individuals linked to them have made just over 100 deposits to the Tories since 1 January.
