Sunak urged to hand back £10m donation
The Herald|March 14, 2024
SIR Keir Starmer has challenged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to pluck up "the courage to hand back" £10 million to a top Tory donor accused of making racist remarks.
Sunak urged to hand back £10m donation

The Labour leader used Prime Minister's Questions to press Mr Sunak about Frank Hester, the Conservative backer alleged to have said Diane Abbott,

Britain's longest-serving black MP, made him "want to hate all black women" and that she "should be shot".

Sir Keir also claimed it "could be 2022 all over again", as he sought to draw comparisons with Liz Truss's short-lived Chancellor premiership and Jeremy Hunt's announcement of "unfunded" tax cuts in the Budget.

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