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£16,800 donation to Jarvis fuels anti-Corbyn coup talk
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LABOUR MP Dan Jarvis has accepted a five-figure donation, fuelling suggestions yesterday that he is set to challenge Jeremy Corbyn for the party leadership.
The updated register of MPs’ interests reveals that hedge fund manager Martin Taylor gave Mr Jarvis £16,800 on February 4. The Barnsley Central MP states in the register that he will use the cash to “support my office and my work as an MP.”
But many in Westminster believe it is part of a war chest being built by Mr Jarvis for a coup attempt against Mr Corbyn.
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