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Sunak aide faces investigation after betting on a July election
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, addresses the audience during a Sky News election event with Sky's political editor Beth Rigby, in Grimsby, June 12, 2024

POLITICAL parties queued up to criticise one of Rishi Sunak’s closest parliamentary aides yesterday after he placed a £100 bet on a July general election.

Craig Williams, who served as the Prime Minister’s parliamentary private secretary, is the Conservative candidate for Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr and admitted to betting on when the election would occur.

Mr Williams was the MP for Montgomery before the election was called.

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