Government handing taxpayers' money to a scandal-ridden company run by Tory Party Co-Chair – Jon Trickett

“Everybody knows the Conservatives are a party of the rich and powerful, for the rich and powerful, but these revelations further expose how they and their allies see Government as a chance to make easy money at the public’s expense.

“Handing over taxpayers' money to a scandal-ridden company run by the Tory Party Co-Chair just so officials can meet the ‘great and good’ is a blindingly obvious conflict of interest and a shocking waste of money.

“The Government must immediately stop paying for these services, and make a statement on why it thought it was appropriate to pay this company for them in the first place”.

Notes to editors

· Source: https://www.ft.com/content/e1735d36-572e-11ea-a528-dd0f971febbc
· Ben Elliot was appointed Co-Chair in July 2019, and in 2016 worked as a fundraiser for the Conservative Party’s London mayoral campaign.