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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Cooper

Ex-Tory MP and businessman hid true source of political donations, court told

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A former Tory MP failed to declare the source of £39,000 in allegedly “underhand” donations made by a property developer to his political campaigning funds, a crown court jury has heard.

David Mackintosh, who represented Northampton South between 2015 and 2017, is standing trial alongside his friend Howard Grossman, who is accused of using third parties to conceal the source of nine separate donations to the Northampton South Conservative Association.

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