The business leaders who are paying £3,300 for lunch with Rishi Sunak

Raising money from business leaders and wooing megadonors for cash is a big game at party conference

Lunch with Rishi Sunak and the chance to hobnob with senior ministers? That will set you back 3,300 a person at the Conservatives' conference business day this year.

Raising money from business leaders and wooing donors for more cash is a big game at the annual gathering, which is a profit-making endeavour for the party. Corporate leaders will be gathering for special closed sessions and policy roundtables on Monday with ministers, the events including Jeremy Hunt in conversation with the managing director of Barclays, CS Venkatakrishnan.