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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jamie Grierson and Aubrey Allegretti

Relative of David Warburton given job at firm of businessman who gave MP large loan

David Warburton
David Warburton’s wife’s uncle given £75,000 a year advisory job by firm that made undeclared loan to MP to buy a holiday property. Photograph: PjrNews/Alamy

A close relative of the Conservative MP David Warburton was offered a lucrative advisory role at the firm of a businessman who had provided the politician with an undeclared loan of up to £150,000 for a holiday rental property, the Guardian can reveal.

The party has removed the whip from the MP for Somerton and Frome, who is understood to be facing allegations of sexual harassment, cocaine use and failing to declare a loan from Roman Joukovski, a financial adviser who specialised in offshore tax advice and providing tier one “golden” investor visas to foreign citizens.

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