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Conservatives will not return Frank Hester donations as he ‘apologised genuinely’, says PM

Rishi Sunak has said the Conservatives will not return any of the money donated to the party by Frank Hester because he “apologised genuinely”.

‘Portillo moments’ to be prominent feature of election night, says Michael Portillo

Michael Portillo has said that several senior Conservative candidates could “suffer the same fate” as he did in 1997 on the 4th of July.