Jon Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Office Minister, responding to the revelation of the guest list for last year’s Conservative Party fundraising summer ball, said:

“These reports further lift the lid on a Party which is bankrolled by and stands up for a privileged few.

"The Tories did all they could to keep this list secret and now we know why. It shows a party reliant on a select group of super-rich donors - the same group who’ve been given a tax cut by David Cameron’s Government while everyone else pays more.

"The way the Tories operate shows them as they are: out of touch and on the side of the few, not the many.”

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