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SOLOMON HUGHES introduces another housebuilder making the most of the government’s dodgy housing schemes

TAYLOR WIMPEY is not the only Tory-connected firm queueing up for Rishi Sunak’s mortgage support.

Businessman John Bloor, owner of Bloor Homes, has given the Tories over £3 million. He gave them £950,000 in 2019 to help fund the election campaign alone.

Bloor Homes’ latest annual report, for the year up to June 2020, shows that it made £152m profit on a £1 billion turnover — that’s slightly down on the previous year, but still a massive amount.

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