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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason, Henry Dyer and Kiran Stacey

Rishi Sunak urged to rethink decision to keep £10m Frank Hester donation

Frank Hester speaking at a podium
Frank Hester became the Conservatives’ biggest ever donor when he gave £10m to the party last year, with another £5m reportedly under discussion. Photograph: CHOGM Rwanda 2022/YouTube/PA

Rishi Sunak has been urged to rethink the decision to keep £10m from the Conservative donor Frank Hester after police said they were investigating “racist comments which were allegedly made” by the businessman in 2019.

The investigation by West Yorkshire police was triggered by a complaint from Diane Abbott, after the Guardian reported that Hester told colleagues that looking at the MP made you “want to hate all black women” and said she “should be shot”.

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