Labour urges Tories to hand back £5m donation from Mohamed Mansour

Anneliese Dodds questions why it took so long for one of the Conservative senior treasurer’s firms to sever its Russia links

Labour has urged the Conservatives to hand back a £5m donation from the party’s senior treasurer, Mohamed Mansour, as it questioned why it had taken so long for one of his companies to wind down its business in Russia.

In a letter to the Tories, Labour’s chair, Anneliese Dodds, called on the party to justify donations of almost £7.5m which she said had come from people and firms who have had links to business in Russia.