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Revealed: Sunak flown to Leeds for private tour of Frank Hester’s office weeks after £5m donation
Fresh questions raised over Tory donor’s access to prime minister following November visit
Rowena Mason and Toby Helm
16, Mar, 2024 @5:47 PM
Sunak under pressure to say how many times he has met Tory donor Frank Hester
Exclusive: photograph of Sunak with Hester at Tory fundraiser last June raises further questions for prime minister
Rowena Mason, Peter Walker and Henry Dyer
16, Mar, 2024 @6:00 AM
Health workers’ unions call for Frank Hester to lose NHS contracts
BMA says Tory donor should resign from his company as questions grow about how many times Hester has met Sunak
Daniel Boffey, Matthew Weaver, Rowena Mason and Henry Dyer
15, Mar, 2024 @8:08 PM
‘Nope, no way’: can the Tories afford to give Frank Hester’s money back?
Unwillingness to hand back £15m in donations despite uproar may show frailty of financial firepower
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
15, Mar, 2024 @4:23 PM
Tories urged to return ‘further £5m donation made by Frank Hester’
Scottish Tory leader says all of Hester’s donations should be reviewed after racist and misogynistic comments
Peter Walker and Rowena Mason
14, Mar, 2024 @7:45 PM
Sunak faces growing calls to return £10m donated to Tories by Frank Hester
West Midlands mayor says he would return money, after No 10 says Hester’s comments about Diane Abbott were racist
Aletha Adu and Rowena Mason
13, Mar, 2024 @11:58 AM
Tory donor’s comments about Diane Abbott ‘racist and wrong’, No 10 says
Statement from Downing Street follows cross-party criticism of Frank Hester’s remarks about former Labour MP
Rowena Mason and Aletha Adu
12, Mar, 2024 @8:42 PM
‘No room for the Indians?’: Tory donor Frank Hester suggested staff climb on train roof
Exclusive: Revelation comes as comments made about Diane Abbott are widely condemned
Henry Dyer, Matthew Weaver and Rowena Mason
12, Mar, 2024 @7:33 PM
Diane Abbott says Tory donor Frank Hester’s remarks ‘frightening’
MP says ‘to hear someone talking like this is worrying’ after Hester’s comments
Rowena Mason and Aletha Adu
12, Mar, 2024 @1:09 PM
Labour calls on Sunak to return Frank Hester’s £10m Tory donation
Donor told colleagues looking at Diane Abbott made you ‘want to hate all black women’ and she ‘should be shot’
Rowena Mason, Matthew Weaver and Henry Dyer
12, Mar, 2024 @6:00 AM
Biggest Tory donor said looking at Diane Abbott makes you ‘want to hate all black women’
Exclusive: Remarks by Frank Hester, who has given £10m to the party in the past year, raise questions over his workplace behaviour
Rowena Mason, Matthew Weaver and Henry Dyer
11, Mar, 2024 @10:28 PM
No yawning or fingerprints on doors: the strict rules at Tory donor’s firm
Ex-staff at Frank Hester’s company TPP say rules were unusual but perks include paid bar tabs and sailing holidays
Matthew Weaver, Rowena Mason and Henry Dyer
11, Mar, 2024 @3:15 PM
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