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It’s understood Frank Hester has donated another £5million to the Tories since January - a figure the Tories did not deny - on top of the £10million he had already handed the party

Businessman Frank Hester, who gifted the Tories £10million, allegedly said seeing Diane Abbott on TV made him 'want to hate all Black women' and that she should be 'shot'

New figures show how lucrative the Prime Minister's widely criticised chopper stop in Altrincham was - as his party later netted a whopping donation from the co-owner of B&M Bargains

As well as receiving funding from trade unions, the Labour Party saw an increase in the amount of money received from individuals and companies, who gave over £13million

The donation, which was uncovered by DeSmog, was made by hedge fund boss Crispin Odey last August just weeks after 13 women accused him of sexual harassment or abuse

The Conservative Party accepted £350,000 from Sandeep Singh Chadha who is the boss of a company that sells vapes with names such as Blue Razz Lemonade and Strawberry Mousse

Conservative Party has introduced voter ID, which threatens to disenfranchise two million people if they turn up on the day without the right documents, and is now accused of trying to rig the election

Losses in Wellingborough and Kingswood - especially if accompanied by a surge in support for the Reform Party - would spell further misery for the beleaguered PM

The independent Electoral Commission slammed the plans, comparing the proposals to a cricket team “telling the umpire how to enforce the rules of the game”

After 14 years of Tory misrule, the British people have had enough of shambolic and dishonest government by gimmick.

It comes amid warnings that the Tories doubling the spending limits ahead of elections risked damaging the transparency of political donations and public confidence in elections

In a letter to Local Government Minister Simon Hoare, the cross-party House of Lords Constitution Committee said the elderly and disabled people are among those worst affected

Burrswood Care Home was put into special measures by the Care Quality Commission last week after inspectors found a 'systemic failure of leadership and management across all areas'

Speaking ahead of Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, the London mayor called on the government to expand the list of acceptable identification for younger voters

Two reports by the Electoral Commission and theLocal Government Information Unit warn of the added pressure on polling station staff because of voter identification rules

Amit Lohia, whose business interests include a Russian textiles plant, boosted the Conservatives' coffers with the huge sum in March - the second largest donation of the year

Former spy chief Sir David Omand, who was the boss of GCHQ, suggested Moscow was behind the hack of the Electoral Commission that went undiscovered for 14 months

The Electoral Commission has issued an apology after it admitted hackers were able to access the names and addresses of anyone in the UK registered to vote between 2014 and 2022

The first official analysis by the Electoral Commission found thousands of people were turned away from polling stations in England due to new Tory voter ID requirements which came into force last month

Keir Starmer said people have had enough of the 'farce' of Tory rule and want a general election now. He also accused Rishi Sunak of losing control as the Conservatives descend into civil war

Tycoon Javad Marandi donated over half a million pounds to the Tories between 2019 and 2020 while Boris Johnson was leader, Electoral Commission records show

Some young voters were stopped from taking part in last week's local elections because their proof-of-age cards were not accepted, it is claimed

Voter ID rules introduced by the Tories meant thousands were turned away at polling stations. Officials in Maidstone in Kent said 137 people arrived without acceptable photo ID

Voters said they'd seen elderly people turned away for not having the right ID with new rules requiring people to show a valid form of photo ID coming into force for the first time

Across the country over 8,000 seats are up for grabs in 230 councils across England today - but under controversial new rules voters must take photo ID with them to cast a ballot