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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason and Eleni Courea

Labour raised £4.4m to Tories’ £290,000 in second week of campaign

Rishi Sunak sitting in a crowd of people
Rishi Sunak during the launch of the Welsh Conservatives’ election manifesto in Rhyl on Friday. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives struggled to raise money in the second week of the election campaign, bringing in just £290,000 from private donors, while Labour received a windfall of £4.4m.

The figures show that business donors are turning towards Labour as it edges closer to power, while financial support for Sunak’s party is waning.

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