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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Henry Dyer and Rowena Mason

Tory donor’s Hastings ‘fun factory’ closes abruptly after £150,000 grant

Lubov Chernukhin (fourth from right) at a Conservative party dinner in London in 2019.
Lubov Chernukhin (fourth from right) at a Conservative party dinner in London in 2019. Photograph: @elizabeth.truss.mp

A neon-lit “family fun factory” in Hastings might seem an odd place to pop up for a wealthy Tory donor who once paid £160,000 at a party fundraiser to play tennis with David Cameron and Boris Johnson.

But earlier this year Lubov Chernukhin, the prominent donor to the Conservatives, was revealed as the owner of an amusement centre on the south coast full of arcades, mini golf, and interactive games.

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