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Rachael Burford

Strike? What strike? Top Tories attend ball with Abba tribute night before walkout

Billionaire property mogul Nick Candy and his wife Holly Valance, pictured, were among the guests

(Picture: Getty Images)

Conservative ministers were on Tuesday criticised for attending a lavish summer ball the night before Britain was hit by the rail strikes.

The Prime Minister and Chancellor Rishi Sunak joined more than 250 MPs and Tory party donors, including billionaire property mogul Nick Candy and his wife Holly Valance and political strategist Lynton Crosby, at the fundraising event at the V&A Museum on Monday night.

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