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CITY SUITS ‘WANT TO BUY MAY 7’
Hedge-fund bosses threw millions at Tories within days of the election campaign starting in earnest
THE TORIES were accused of trying to “buy” the general election last night after funding figures revealed the party has taken huge sums from hedge funds.
Hedge funds gifted the party more than £125,000 in the first week of the general election campaign, according to Electoral Commission records.
The handout from the Conservatives’ big City backers means the party of the rich has raised £15 million more than Labour since the last election.
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