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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Maddox

Labour accuses Sunak of taking election cash from ‘Liz Truss fanboy’ who backed her mini budget

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Labour have questioned why Rishi Sunak’s first major party donor in the general election campaign is a “a Liz Truss fanboy” who backed her catastrophic mini budget.

Shadow paymaster general Jon Ashworth warned that Mr Sunak agreeing to take a £250,000 donation from controversial Tory peer Lord Michael Spencer raises serious questions about Conservative plans to abolish national insurance at a cost of £46billion.

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