Corrie legend Jack P Shepherd has announced he is engaged to his long-term girlfriend Hanni Treweek.
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The Conservative Party has accepted another multi-million-pound donation from Frank Hester.
The businessman, who donated £5million to the Tories, previously was alleged to have said Labour's Diane Abbot "should be shot". Data from the the Electoral Commission released on Thursday showed the payments came from Mr Hester's software firm, the Phoenix Partnership, in January.
He also forked out £10 million to the Party last year, becoming its biggest donor with a current total of £15 million. In March, it was reported that Mr Hester said Ms Abbott made him want to "hate all black women".
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In response to the data, Ms Abbott said the donation was "an insult" to not just her, but "all black women". Ms Abbott tweeted: “Rishi Sunak belatedly admitted Frank Hester’s remarks that ‘I made him hate all black woman and should be shot’ were racist.
“Now it turns out Sunak accepted a further £5 million from him. An insult to me and all black women.”
Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “Any racist comment is utterly, utterly unacceptable. I believe that Mr Hester has shown considerable remorse since making those remarks, which were utterly unacceptable.
“I have taken great personal pride in the fact that I’ve sat around a cabinet table that is the most diverse in our history, with a British-Asian Prime Minister at its head that I supported during his leadership campaign, and supported very strongly to be our Prime Minister.
“So that is the very clear position that I have and that the Conservative Party has on those kinds of issues.”
Asked if the Conservatives should return the donations made by
Corrie legend Jack P Shepherd has announced he is engaged to his long-term girlfriend Hanni Treweek.
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