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Firm accused of laundering money is top Tory donor

THE TORIES’ top donor is a firm which owes millions in unpaid tax and has been accused of “money laundering,” the Electoral Commission revealed yesterday.

Lycamobile, which sells international telephone call time, was already among the top funders having stumped up £1.5 million for the Conservatives since 2011. 

But it tipped over to become the biggest donor of all in the first quarter of 2016, topping up party coffers by another £569,300 between January and March.

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