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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Police assess evidence on £40,000 donation to Robert Jenrick’s campaign

Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick speaking at a campaign event
The donations in question were made to Jenrick’s 2024 Conservative leadership campaign. Photograph: Jacob King/PA

Police are assessing evidence about donations to Robert Jenrick’s campaign to become Conservative leader in 2024 after a referral from the elections watchdog, the Guardian can reveal.

The information was passed on by the Electoral Commission, which the Guardian understands has been investigating allegations that almost £40,000 of donations to Jenrick’s leadership campaign before he defected to Reform UK, were from a foreign source in breach of electoral rules.

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