Conservative party told to ‘clean up’ after donor is linked to major money laundering probe

The crime and policing minister Chris Philp was today called to the commons to answer an urgent question from the SNP MP Alison Thewliss on the implications of the National Crime Agency’s investigation into Javad Marandi, a Conservative Party donor.

Ms Thewliss said: “Mr. Marandi, as a significant donor to the Conservative Party, Electoral Commission figures show that he donated £756,300 to the Tories between August 2014 and November 2020, while the Laundromat investigation was ongoing and that this money secured access to the Conservative Leader Group and Advisory Board”.