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Tories given further £5m from controversial donor embroiled in race row, claims report

Sky News Thursday, 14 March 2024
The Conservative Party has reportedly received a further £5m from a donor embroiled in a race row over comments he is said to have made about Diane Abbott.
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Ministers have departed the weekly Cabinet meeting in Downing Street amid growing pressure to return the money given by a major Tory donor who has become embroiled in a race row. Conservative Party donor Frank Hester is reported to have said left-wing MP Diane Abbott "should be shot" at a meeting in...

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