Jeremy Hunt has given over £100k to local Tory party in effort to retain seat
by Aletha Adu Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6K288)
Exclusive: Records show extent of chancellor's donations since 2019 as polling suggests he is on course to lose at general election
Jeremy Hunt has been forced to contribute more than 100,000 of his own money to his constituency Conservative party to bolster his chances of re-election, official records show, amid warnings that he is set to lose his seat.
Hunt's Godalming and Ash constituency is a target seat for the Liberal Democrats, and a Survation poll projects that he is on course to become the first chancellor in modern times to lose at a general election.
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