A betting scandal in the Tory party has dominated the headlines as the Conservatives, Labour and Reform continue to campaign for votes ahead of polling day on 4 July

 

Senior Tories call for suspension of those being investigated and Labour demands to know names in gambling circle

Rishi sunak has been urged to suspend all those under investigation for placing bets on the date of the election - as claims more top Tories will be implicated after party data chief becomes fourth to be accused

A senior Conservative official has become the fourth party figure subject to an investigation by the gambling watchdog

Among those with links to Rishi sunak or the Tories so far identified are candidates, a Met police officer and a campaigner

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British media is reporting that the chief data officer of Britain’s Conservative Party has taken a leave of absence amid growing allegations that the governing party’s members have been using inside information to bet on the date of Britain’s J ...

Trevor Phillips and James Cleverly clashed over allegations that a string of people with links to the Conservative Party or Number 10 bet on the timing of the general election before Rishi sunak announced it. The Sky News presenter quizzed Mr Cleverl ...

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The seedy betting scandal is the latest self-inflicted blow to the Conservatives’ election effort

Will bets on the general election date be the final nail in the coffin for Rishi sunak’s poll gamble?

A fundraiser last week sugests that Rishi sunak may have given up on winning the election

Labour are seeking to maximise Rishi sunak’s discomfort over allegations about Tory candidates with a new ‘dirty dozen’ social media campaign

Rishi sunak has accused Nigel Farage of “playing into [Vladimir] Putin’s hands” with his claim that the West provoked Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Reform UK leader claimed “we provoked this war” in a BBC Panorama intervi ...

Reform leader’s ‘appeasement’ of Russian president is danger to security of Britain and allies, PM says

Marina Hyde on poor Rishi, who had to go without a Sky subscription as a teenager; Chris Godfrey spent a decade trying to quit smoking, then he tried hypnotherapy and it changed his life; when Jordan Hatmaker pulled the string of her parachute, she r ...

PM says he is ‘angry’ about allegations while Keir Starmer accuses him of ‘total lack of leadership’

New figures showed the Conservatives raised just £292,500 from 6 June to 12 June compared with £4.4m for Labour

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