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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Anna Isaac City editor

Tory donors from JCB empire could face £500m bill to settle tax inquiry

Boris Johnson – then the prime minister – with JCB chairman Lord Bamford at the launch of a hydrogen-powered digger in 2021.
Boris Johnson – then the prime minister – with JCB chairman Lord Bamford at the launch of a hydrogen-powered digger in 2021. Photograph: Alamy

The influential Tory donors behind the JCB digger empire could be hit with a bill for more than £500m to settle a longrunning investigation by HM Revenue and Customs, the Guardian can reveal.

The investigation into Anthony Bamford, a Tory peer, and his brother Mark, the director of a subsidiary of the Conservative party, is understood to span a complex network of offshore tax havens and companies.

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