Lord Fink, a hedge fund manager who was ennobled last year, has given the party more than £2.3 million in cash, sponsorship, travel and prizes since Mr Cameron became leader - including individual donations worth £1,080,500 and £500,540. Last week the pharmaceutical giant announced the day after the Budget it was investing £500 million in the UK and building a new factory in Cumbria, creating up to 1,000 jobs, giving Mr Osborne a major boost. Sir Christopher is the former chief executive of Vodafone and current non-executive chairman of GlaxoSmithKline. The Electoral Commission records that Sir Christopher has given the Conservative Party 14 donations worth £92,000 since Mr Cameron became leader. One of the biggest donors was venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft, who gave £593,000 and was invited to write a report to the Government on business efficiency that controversially proposed new employment laws to make it easier to sack workers. Lord Fink, a donor who was recalled from retirement as co-treasurer last night after Mr Cruddas resigned, and businessman Sir Christopher Gent, were both guests at Chequers as well as major donors. However, the donor scandal deepened with the revelation that the Conservatives have received 76 separate donations of £250,000 or more since Mr Cameron became leader. The Prime Minister said his fund-raising activists were open and transparent. The implication from Mr Cruddas that the PM’s private family flat, his inner sanctum funded by the taxpayer, could be used to reward donors continued to cause shockwaves.īut Mr Cameron stressed: “Peter Cruddas has never recommended anyone to come to dinner in my flat, nor has he been to dinner there himself.” New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT.
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