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Conservative donors, peers and a Tory MP who held accounts with HSBC’s private bank in Switzerland between them donated more than £5m to the party, it was reported this afternoon. | Conservative donors, peers and a Tory MP who held accounts with HSBC’s private bank in Switzerland between them donated more than £5m to the party, it was reported this afternoon. |
According to the Guardian, they included Zac Goldsmith, the MP for Richmond Park, and his brother the financier Ben Goldsmith. | According to the Guardian, they included Zac Goldsmith, the MP for Richmond Park, and his brother the financier Ben Goldsmith. |
Also named in the HSBC files are Lord Fink, who served as a party treasurer under David Cameron and has given £3m to the party, and the former P&O boss Lord Sterling of Plaistow, who was ennobled by Margaret Thatcher. | Also named in the HSBC files are Lord Fink, who served as a party treasurer under David Cameron and has given £3m to the party, and the former P&O boss Lord Sterling of Plaistow, who was ennobled by Margaret Thatcher. |
Mr Goldsmith has, with his brother and their mother Lady Annabel, donated more than £500,000 in cash and in kind to the Conservatives. | Mr Goldsmith has, with his brother and their mother Lady Annabel, donated more than £500,000 in cash and in kind to the Conservatives. |
Labour has also picked up cash and gifts in kind worth over £500,000 from individuals on the list, as well as a loan for £2m. | Labour has also picked up cash and gifts in kind worth over £500,000 from individuals on the list, as well as a loan for £2m. |
They include the steel magnate Swraj Paul and the clothing entrepreneur Richard Caring, who has donated to both Labour and the Conservatives. | They include the steel magnate Swraj Paul and the clothing entrepreneur Richard Caring, who has donated to both Labour and the Conservatives. |
There is nothing to suggest anyone named has not paid their tax in full. |