The Tories are under pressure to return even more cash to donor Frank Hester after ... there is contrition". Tory Deputy Chairman James Daly said whether or not Hester would continue to be a ...

Mr Hester has not denied making the remarks, but claimed they had “nothing to do with her gender nor colour of skin”. The 58-year-old grew up in Armley in the west of Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Sky News has contacted Mr Hester for comment on the latest reports. How has Mr Hester responded? A spokesperson for the entrepreneur released a statement saying: "Frank Hester accepts that he was ...

Disgraced Tory donor Frank Hester gave the Conservative Party £5m just days before Rishi Sunak called the general election, it has emerged. The Tories faced widespread calls in March to hand back ...

Two ministers have refused to condemn remarks allegedly made by a top Tory donor about Diane Abbott – including that she made him “want to hate all black women” – as racist. Frank Hester ...

Frank Hester, founder of clinical software company, The Phoenix Partnership, was accused of making inflammatory comments against Hackney MP Diane Abbott. According to a report published by The ...

A healthcare technology entrepreneur has become the largest ever Conservative donor after giving another £5 million to the party. Frank ... Mr Hester met Lord Clarke, the former Tory chancellor ...

The MP filed a complaint with the Metropolitan Police’s parliamentary liaison and investigations team after Frank Hester, who donated £10m to the Tories last year, allegedly made a series of ...

Police are investigating alleged racist comments made by Tory party donor Frank Hester about Diane Abbott at a meeting in 2019. West Yorkshire Police said it is looking into allegations that the ...

A major donor to Britain’s ruling Conservative ... to hate all Black women” and that she “should be shot.” Frank Hester, chief executive of healthcare software firm The Phoenix Partnership ...

Image: Frank Hester with former Tory leader and prime minister David Cameron Image: Frank Hester chats with ex-Conservative PM Boris Johnson The following year, Jeremy Hunt, the then health ...

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