Police are investigating whether Frank Hester, the largest donor to Britain’s Conservative government, committed a crime after allegedly making racist remarks. The alleged remarks were directed toward Diane Abbott, the first Black woman to serve in the House of Commons. The party
Welsh Labour is facing a constitutional crisis after Labour Assembley Members met in secret to discuss the forthcoming coronation of Vaughan Gething. This evening, it has been revealed that a £200,000 donation to Mr Gething during the recent leadership election now risks
Penny Mordaunt hit back at Labour over demands to pay back millions of pounds from a Tory donor embroiled in a racism row. The Commons Leader said Sir Keir Starmer’s party should commit to returning funding from donors who have made controversial
Diane Abbott has accused both Labour and the Conservatives of failing to tackle racism amid a storm over comments made by a Tory donor. Businessman Frank Hester is alleged to have said Ms Abbott, Britain’s first female black MP, made him “want
Britain’s Conservative government has decided not to return a $12.8 million donation received from IT entrepreneur Frank Hester. Hester allegedly made racist comments about Black lawmaker Diane Abbott during a 2019 company meeting. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak labeled Hester’s remarks as racist
A Tory donor’s comments about Diane Abbott were “racist and wrong”, Downing Street has declared. Frank Hester, who has donated £10m to the Conservatives, said the MP made him want to “hate all black women”. Mr Hester apologised for making “rude” comments
The Tories’ biggest donor is embroiled in a racism row over alleged comments made about Diane Abbott. Frank Hester is accused of saying that seeing the former Labour frontbencher on TV made you “want to hate all back women” and that she
For too long in the United Kingdom, we have chased short term solutions instead of having a long term strategy. This lack of vision has set the UK back time and again – and we are seeing the results now in our
A Tory donor has been ordered to demolish all or part of his five-star hotel after breaching planning regulations. Runnymede Borough Council issued a planning enforcement notice for Surinder Arora’s Fairmont Windsor Park Hotel last month. Mr Arora has now been told
A donor backing Just Stop Oil has said the eco-mob will continue to disrupt “high-profile” events that are on their “target list”. Multi-millionaire Dale Vince, the founder of energy firm Ecotricity, says the protesters will continue to disrupt major events to grab