PMQs latest: Sunak says race row donor has shown ‘remorse’ as he resists calls to return cash

David Graham

1 year ago

PMQs latest: Sunak says race row donor has shown ‘remorse’ as he resists calls to return cash – BBC News

Summary

Rishi Sunak has resisted calls during PMQs to hand back £10m donated to the Conservative Party by businessman Frank Hester
Speaking in the Commons, the PM condemned the reported remarks by Hester about MP Diane Abbott as “racist” and “wrong” but insisted he had shown “remorse”
Labour has called on the Conservatives to give the money back, and Sir Keir Starmer pressed the PM on the issue at PMQs
“Is the prime minister proud to be bankrolled by someone using racist and misogynist language?” Starmer asked
Sunak said Hester had apologised “genuinely” and accused Starmer of “double standards”
Earlier Andy Street, the Conservatives’ West Midlands mayor, said he would have given the money back it if were his decision
Hester allegedly said Abbott made him want to “hate all black women”