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ELECTION 2024

Pressure on PM as election betting scandal grows

As general election campaigning entered the final week, Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives were engulfed in a growing scandal over a number of bets placed on the timing of the election.

The Guardian originally revealed earlier this month that Craig Williams, who was Sunak’s closest parliamentary aide, was being investigated by the Gambling Commission for betting £100 ($125) on a July election three days before Sunak

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