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Tory donations topped £570,000 in the first week of the election campaign – down from £5.7m in 2019.

Alexandra Rogers, political reporter

The Conservatives collected just 10% of the donations they collected in 2019 under Boris Johnson in the first week of the election campaign.

Electoral Commission figures published today show the Tories raised £574,918 between May 30 and June 5, compared with the £5.7 million they received between November 6 and 12 five years ago.

Figures show political parties made donations worth £3.2m in the first week of the election campaign.

Sunak’s party raised £574,918 in donations alone, on top of £22,453 in public funds.

Meanwhile, Labor generated £926,908 in donations alone and £652,411 in public funds given to opposition parties with more than two MPs.

They show the complete turnaround in Labor’s fortunes since the 2019 election, when the party raised just £218,500 in the first week of that campaign.

This time the largest single donation made to the Labor Party was £500,000 from film company Toledo Productions.

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