“He may feel he’s got no other option", Sir Charles Walker said, that it's "better to go early than allow this psychodrama to continue.”
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) announced the decision on Thursday.
It takes the total donation from Hester in the past year to £15 million, plus the use of a chopper for a political visit in November.
The Cabinet minister said Frank Hester’s remarks about Diane Abbott were ‘horrific’ but the new definition does not cover individual comments.
Voters have turned on Brexit, but there isn't a political party in sight willing to highlight the devastating impact it has had.
Diane Abbott said the Conservatives would look to ‘play the race card… ruthlessly’ at the next election, but criticised her own party as well.
The party sent out an email to supporters asking for them for money on the back of the Frank Hester scandal.
The MP for Middlesbrough was suspended from the party last October last year after using the phrase during a pro-Palestine rally.
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