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Firm run by Tory donor Bamford funds £8,000 helicopter trip for Farage
The Guardian
|November 15, 2024
A firm run by the major Conservative donor Lord Bamford has funded an £8,000 helicopter trip for the Reform leader, Nigel Farage.
Bamford, who sat as a Conservative peer until his retirement from the House of Lords this year, has given millions of pounds to the Tories and been a close ally of Boris Johnson, funding the former prime minister's accommodation after he left office.
But JC Bamford Excavators paid for a helicopter trip for Farage and one of his staff members on 25 October valued £8,413.20. The company said the Clacton MP had been given the helicopter trip to tour a JCB site and that the firm, which is developing hydrogen-fuelled transport, had engaged with politicians of all parties, including Rachel Reeves when she was shadow chancellor.
यह कहानी The Guardian के November 15, 2024 संस्करण से ली गई है।
हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।
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