James Cleverly fails to give a straight answer when asked if he’d accept donations from Frank Hester
It was a simple yes or no question, but James Cleverly didn't give anything away when pressed about his stance on Frank Hester.
It was a simple yes or no question, but James Cleverly didn't give anything away when pressed about his stance on Frank Hester.
The businessman, whose firm received £400 million in NHS contracts under the Conservatives, has boosted the party's coffers by more than £20 million all told.
The comments come after it was revealed the party has accepted another £5 million in donations from Frank Hester.
The businessman was accused of saying Diane Abbott ‘should be shot’.
The force said it was working to establish whether a crime had been committed.
Caulfield refused to be drawn on Frank Hester's firm receiving £400m in NHS contracts.
“We need to get to a place where we stop chasing people around and looking everywhere for the racism", the business secretary said.
It takes the total donation from Hester in the past year to £15 million, plus the use of a chopper for a political visit in November.
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