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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Walker and Rowena Mason

Tories urged to return ‘further £5m donation made by Frank Hester’

Rishi Sunak and Tory MP Jack Lopresti listen to information on engine development during a visit to the Rolls-Royce manufacturing facility in Bristol.
Rishi Sunak is under pressure to return donations from Frank Hester. Photograph: Leon Neal/Reuters

Rishi Sunak faces increasing pressure over donations from Frank Hester, whose comments about Diane Abbott have been condemned as racist and misogynistic, after it was reported he has given another £5m to the Conservatives.

The additional money, not denied by the party or Downing Street, would take Hester’s contributions to Tory party coffers in less than a year to £15m, almost as much as the Conservatives spent in the entire 2019 general election campaign.

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