The donation was made before Frank Hester became embroiled in a row over comments about the Labour politician.
The Conservative Party accepted a £5m donation from the company of Frank Hester in January, before he became embroiled in a row over alleged racist comments, new figures disclose.
The donation was then formally accepted by the Conservative Party on 14 March, according to the Electoral Commission. “He is too weak to return the money donated by a man who has made violent, misogynist, and racist remarks which belong nowhere near our politics." A Conservative Party spokesman said: “Mr Hester has rightly apologised for comments made in the past.Mr Hester was by far the Conservatives’ biggest donor in the first quarter of 2024.Other notable donors include the businessmen Lord Hintze and Lord Ashcroft, who each donated £50,000.
A total of £10m of donations from Mr Hester last year had already been revealed in the Electoral Commission register.Tortoise Media reported in March that the Tories had received a further £5m from the businessman but the Tories had previously refused to confirm whether this was the case.
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