Sunak under pressure to say how many times he has met Tory donor Frank Hester

Exclusive: Photograph of Sunak with Hester at Tory fundraiser last June raises further questions for prime minister

Rishi Sunak is facing calls to say how many times he has met the Conservative mega-donor Frank Hester, who made comments about Diane Abbott that have been widely condemned for being racist and misogynistic, after a picture of the pair at a Tory fundraiser emerged.

Hester is understood to have attended two Tory fundraisers in the last year, in June where he was photographed with Sunak, and as recently as two weeks ago at Raffles in London.