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Betting it all on red: why the dodgy donors are backing Labour once more
Some shadow ministers have turned to gambling moguls, former Tory and Lib Dem donors, financiers and other questionable types to fund their individual offices — why is it only ‘sleaze’ when the Tories do it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
WINNING BIG: Wes Streeting (left) and Rachel Reeves have trousered thousands in gambling industry donations
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LABOUR is seeking “billionaire cash” to replace lost subscription money caused by large numbers of members resigning. Attempts to find big money donors have met with only limited success but shadow cabinet ministers are attracting individual donors to fund their offices.
The current register of MPs’ interests show Labour’s top recipients of these donations include shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves (£279,000), shadow health secretary Wes Streeting (£133,000), shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper (£71,000) and shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson (£42,000). The donations favour the right of the party and bring controversial donors into apparently more direct contact with policymakers.
Last year Reeves accepted £10,000 from Richard Flint “to support the shadow chancellor’s office.” Flint was a director of Sky Betting, a gambling firm fined £1 million when he was in charge for failing to protect vulnerable gamblers. He is currently a director of Flutter PLC, the gambling giant owner of Sky Betting, Paddy Power and other betting brands. Flint was a former Lib Dem donor.
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