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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondent

V&A at centre of row over auction of private tour as prize at Tory fundraising event

Ben Elliot, co-chairman of the Conservative party
Ben Elliot, co-chairman of the Conservative party. Photograph: James Veysey/REX/Shutterstock

The V&A has been urged to investigate why the museum auctioned a private tour as a prize at a Conservative fundraising dinner when one of its trustees is a Tory party chair.

In a letter to the commissioner on public appointments, Labour’s shadow culture secretary, Lucy Powell, said the auction was a clear breach of the code of conduct for trustees of public bodies.

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