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Frank Hester donated further £5m to Tories in January, figures show

Data also shows party accepted £150,000 from Hester days after comments about Diane Abbott were revealed

The Guardian - UK

Sunak kept quiet about £5m donation made by race row Tory donor Frank Hester this year

The prime minister accepted the donation in January, taking Frank Hester’s donations to the Conservative Party to a total of £16m since the 2019 election

The Independent UK

Three Labour names in frame with Diane Abbott’s candidacy in doubt

Three activists with links to Hackney constituency widely talked about as possible replacements to stand for election

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Keir Starmer caught in 'brazen lie' over Labour probe into Diane Abbott

KEIR Starmer has been accused of telling a “brazen lie” over the internal Labour investigation inot Diane Abbott ...

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Tory chair refuses to say whether party took further £5m from Frank Hester

Richard Holden says Hester apologised for remarks about Diane Abbott and ‘we should accept that’

The Guardian - UK

Leeds Pride ends sponsorship deal with Frank Hester’s company TPP

LGBTQ+ festival organisers cut ties over businessman’s ‘alleged racist comments’ about Diane Abbott

The Guardian - UK

Tory donor Frank Hester raised complaint about NHS contract with health secretary

Exclusive: Man who has now given party at least £10m copied Steve Barclay into email about problems with bid, documents show

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Jamaica condemns Frank Hester’s Diane Abbott comments amid concern over contract

Ministers condemn allegedly racist remarks and say they knew about them only after signing deal

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak urged to rethink decision to keep £10m Frank Hester donation

Labour and a Tory donor say it should be returned after police say they are investigating alleged racist remarks

The Guardian - UK

Investigation Launched Into Alleged Racist Comments By Conservative Donor

Investigation into racist remarks by Conservative donor towards Black MP Diane Abbott sparks controversy and calls for donation return.

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Frank Hester: West Yorkshire Police probing 'racist' comments about Diane Abbott by Tory party donor

West Yorkshire Police is investigating alleged racist comments made by Tory party donor Frank Hester about Diane Abbott at a meeting in 2019.

Evening Standard

The left is smeared as the angry mob again and again. In reality, it is the target of political violence

These threats don’t just seek to intimidate leftwing politicians, it makes them seem a risk to voters, too, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Government loses all seven Lords votes on Rwanda bill – as it happened

Lords back amendments saying bill must comply with international law, on classifying Rwanda as a safe country and independent monitoring

The Guardian - UK

NHS England chief condemns Frank Hester’s ‘racist, sexist and violent’ remarks

In an update to healthcare leaders, Amanda Pritchard expresses shock at entrepreneur’s comments about Diane Abbott

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Marie Claire

As a black woman you are held to higher standards and criticised more harshly

The racism Diane Abbott is experiencing is not isolated

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak hints the Tories would accept another £5 million from racism storm donor Frank Hester

The PM’s delay in branding the donor’s outburst as racist has added to disquiet among some Tory MPs over his leadership

The Guardian - UK

Only ‘one or two’ Tory MPs plotting against Sunak, says Badenoch

Business secretary dismisses reports of plot and rejects calls for her party to return donations from Frank Hester

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Frank Hester’s TPP employed Conservative peer as trade envoy in 2016

Exclusive: Lady Manzoor was paid £148,000 for the part-time role, showing Hester’s party links date back further than first thought

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Sunak to try to calm Tory jitters amid reports of plot to oust him

PM’s allies fight rearguard action as rebellious MPs reportedly plot coup to avoid wipeout at the polls

The Guardian - UK

Diverse cabinet is no ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’ on racism, says ex-No 10 adviser

Samuel Kasumu ‘frustrated and disappointed’, as minister denies Tories have a problem after Frank Hester row

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Ed Davey calls for cap on political donations after Frank Hester storm

Lib Dem leader uses conference speech to urge change ‘so that even the wealthiest racists cannot buy power’

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When barefoot PE leaves you cold

The Guardian - UK

Cabbies have given me some great lines, but they have nothing on Frank Hester

Another week, another racism scandal farts out from the dying body politic of this gaseous corpse of a Conservative government

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s refusal to give up the Frank Hester gold proves his principles have a price point

If the Tory party won’t relinquish the millions from its disgraced donor, it will be saying it doesn’t have a problem being associated with racism

The Guardian - UK

‘Our chances? Zero – and getting worse’: inside a Tory death spiral

Frank Hester, Lee Anderson, an unpopular budget … as the catalogue of Conservative disasters piles up, discipline seems to be breaking down, and any hope of election victory fading

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