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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar Political editor

Rishi Sunak aide placed bet on election date days before announcement

Craig Williams and Sunak in a screegrab from a video posted on X on 13 Dec 2023
Craig Williams’ role as parliamentary private secretary is to be Rishi Sunak’s eyes and ears in parliament. Photograph: X / @craig4monty

Rishi Sunak’s closest parliamentary aide placed a £100 bet on a July election just three days before the prime minister named the date, the Guardian can reveal.

The Gambling Commission is understood to have launched an inquiry after Craig Williams, the prime minister’s parliamentary private secretary, who became an MP in 2019, placed a bet with the bookmaker Ladbrokes on Sunday 19 May in his local constituency of Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr.

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