{"id":95076,"date":"2024-07-15T17:28:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T17:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/15\/conservatives-take-donation-from-firm-linked-to-convicted-tycoon\/"},"modified":"2024-07-15T17:28:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T17:28:58","slug":"conservatives-take-donation-from-firm-linked-to-convicted-tycoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/15\/conservatives-take-donation-from-firm-linked-to-convicted-tycoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatives take donation from firm linked to convicted tycoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/branded_news\/71e9\/live\/6b6b8fa0-42c0-11ef-9b76-575d2882794d.jpg?resize=1024,576&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Conservatives take donation from firm linked to convicted tycoon\" title=\"Conservatives take donation from firm linked to convicted tycoon\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Conservatives took an election campaign donation from a property firm part-owned by one of the UK\u2019s richest men just days after he was jailed by a Swiss court for exploiting domestic staff.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The party received \u00a350,000 from Westminster Development Services Limited, which was established in 2015 by a consortium of investors led by the Hinduja Group.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Company records show the firm is part-owned by Prakash Hinduja\u2019s AMC Project Services Limited.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The donation was received on 1 July, just 10 days after <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c3ggl6pe52eo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">Prakash Hinduja and his wife Kamal were found guilty<!-- --><\/a> of exploitation and illegal employment by a Swiss court and sentenced to four years and six months in prison.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">They did not attend court proceedings, pleading ill health.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">They were acquitted of the more serious charge of human trafficking.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Their lawyers said they would appeal.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A Conservative Party spokesperson said: &#8220;Donations to the Conservative Party are properly and transparently declared to the Electoral Commission, openly published by them, and comply fully with the law&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Westminster Development Services is best known for redeveloping the site of the former Old War Office building on Whitehall as a Raffles hotel complex.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Westminster Development Services Limited has declined to comment.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cl4y64x281no\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Conservatives took an election campaign donation from a property firm part-owned by one of the UK\u2019s richest men just days after he was jailed by a Swiss court for exploiting domestic staff. 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