Independent – Hedge fund chiefs have donated £1.32m to the Conservative Party in the space of only three months, official figures revealed yesterday.
The money from 18 individuals and companies made up around a quarter of the total amount given to the Tories between September and December 2013, the latest Electoral Commission figures show. Longstanding Tory donor Michael Farmer, of RK Capital Management, gave the largest donation out of the group, with £267,000, followed by James Lupton of Greenhill with £259,000 and Christopher Rokos of Brevan Howard, who donated £230,000. Ten of the 18 donors, including these three, attend the exclusive leaders’ group dinners with David Cameron and other senior Cabinet ministers.
