Phones4U founder John Caudwell was one of the biggest donors to the Tories ahead of the 2019 general election when he donated £500,000 to the party
Phones4U founder John Caudwell was one of the biggest donors to the Tories ahead of the 2019 general election when he donated £500,000 to the partydonor who previously donated £500,000 to the party ahead of the 2019 general election has announced he will be voting for Labour in the next one.
Mr Starmer said he was “delighted” that Mr Caudwell had “thrown his support behind the changed Labour Party”. He said: “Only five years ago, I donated half a million to the Conservatives to help avert the disaster that would have been Jeremy Corbyn in Downing Street.
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