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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey and Rowena Mason

Labour MPs defend accepting tens of thousands from little-known company

Wes Streeting, Dan Jarvis and Yvette Cooper. Cooper said the donations had been reported to parliamentary authorities.
Wes Streeting, Dan Jarvis and Yvette Cooper. Cooper said the donations had been reported to parliamentary authorities. Composite: Tayfun Salcı/Shutterstock/Michael Mayhew/Sportsphoto/Allstar/Aaron Chown/PA

Labour MPs have defended taking money from a little-known company that has emerged as one of Westminster’s biggest political donors.

Wes Streeting, Dan Jarvis and Yvette Cooper have all said they did nothing wrong by accepting tens of thousands of pounds from MPM Connect, which is part-owned by Peter Hearn, a Labour donor, but does not have any obvious line of business.

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