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Donation came after Rishi Sunak condemned businessman’s remark that Diane Abbott made you ‘want to hate all black women’

Black MP Bernie Grant also spied on, with secret Met reports claiming he made ‘inflammatory’ speeches

The Tories accepted £5million in January from The Phoenix Partnership, the Leeds-based firm owned by Frank Hester, who allegedly said Diane Abbott should be shot

Britain’s first black woman MP was suspended from the party last year over comments she made about Jewish people not facing racism, and rumours had been circling she might not be allowed to stand for Labour at the upcoming election.

Speaking on Question Time on BBC tonight, broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika - former political adviser to senior Labour Party politicians - hit out at the Conservatives