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A fifth of Tory party donations from property sector
Anti-corruption charity says scale of donations creates ’real risk of corruption’ as controversy over planning bill continues
Property developers were behind more than one-fifth of donations to the Conservative Party over the past decade, according to anti-corruption campaigners who say the party’s reliance on the industry risks deterring ministers from tackling the housing crisis.
Transparency International said that not only did more than 20% of individual donations come from people or organisations with interests in the property sector, but that just 10 large property-sector donations accounted for one-tenth of the party’s income between 2010 and 2020.
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