Hugo Sugg
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Hugo Sugg
@HugoSugg
British journalist producing the news @Anewz_tv. Secure email for stories [email protected]/[email protected] or DM open. A new narrative. Views my own


🚨 BREAKING: Andy Burnham pledges to end homelessness in Britain as his first act as PM "I will soon go through that door behind me and issue my first instruction: to end rough sleeping in our country"



EXCLUSIVE: Police investigating a donation to Robert Jenrick’s Tory leadership race are to examine claims that the campaign was repeatedly warned over the source of the funds, The i Paper can reveal. Detectives have been handed allegations that at least five separate warnings were made that a £37,500 donation originated from a US businessman who was later convicted of fraud. Political donations from abroad are illegal under UK electoral law. Jenrick has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. The police investigation will increase pressure on Nigel Farage’s party, which has faced increased scrutiny over its finances. The allegations relate to a £100,000 donation to Jenrick’s 2024 Tory leadership campaign, received from the British entrepreneur Phillip Ullmann, via a company called Spott Fitness. It has been alleged that £37,500 of the total amount originated from a US business associate of Ullmann, Gary Klopfenstein, who was subsequently convicted of fraud in an unrelated case in America. Ullmann and Klopfenstein are now in a legal dispute. Detectives will need to navigate conflicting accounts of who knew what and when about the source of the donation. The i Paper can reveal that that police are set to examine claims that five separate warnings were made to Jenrick’s campaign that the donation originated from abroad. The allegations are set out in legal correspondence, and have been strongly and consistently denied by Jenrick. On one occasion, Ullmann claims he discussed Klopfenstein’s conviction at a meeting with Jenrick and a political aide at the Conservative Party conference in 2024, according to legal correspondence. Jenrick has vehemently denied the claims, telling The i Paper: “These allegations are entirely false, but it is no surprise that an establishment determined to stop Reform from delivering the change that this country so desperately needs would resort to making these demonstrably untrue claims.” More @theipaper 👇 inews.co.uk/news/politics/…




