Conservatives raise £1.16m in final full week of election campaigning

Adrian Beecroft, a major investor in payday lender Wonga, gave the Conservatives £50,000 in the week to 6 June.A major investor in Wonga, a banker and two billionaire hedge fund managers head a list of Conservative donors in the final set of election watchdog data released before Thursday’s general election.Adrian Beecroft, the former government adviser and investor in payday lender Wonga, gave £50,000 in the week to 6 June.