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Donors abandon Tories for Ukip

Conservative Party donors have abandoned David Cameron and have poured nearly half a million pounds into helping the UK Independence Party (Ukip) fight the next general election, according to a report in the Independent on Sunday.

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Tory donors abandon David Cameron for Ukip

Conservative Party donors have abandoned David Cameron and have poured nearly half a million pounds into helping the UK Independence Party (Ukip) fight the next general election, according to a report in the Independent on Sunday.

David Cameron. Credit: Press Association/Eddit Keogh

Fourteen people have realigned their support from the Conservatives to Ukip in the three years since the 2010 election, and have donated £488,000 to Nigel Farage's party.

The newspaper's analysis of Electoral Commission figures reveals that the number of individual donors to the Conservative Part has been cut in half since the election, with average donations falling by £14,000.

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