Tory donor’s Hastings ‘fun factory’ closes abruptly after £150,000 grant

Lubov Chernukhin's amusement centre, which received money from levelling up fund, shuts doors after less than a year

A neon-lit family fun factory" in Hastings might seem an odd place to pop up for a wealthy Tory donor who once paid 160,000 at a party fundraiser to play tennis with David Cameron and Boris Johnson.

But earlier this year Lubov Chernukhin, the prominent donor to the Conservatives, was revealed as the owner of an amusement centre on the south coast full of arcades, mini golf, and interactive games.