Sunak’s Tories Fear Betting Scandal May Expand and Bury Them
- Several aides are accused of wagering on the election date
- Labour Party already seen on course for historic victory
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Rishi Sunak’s chances of avoiding a landslide defeat in the UK election dwindled further as his Conservative Party battled revelations that several of the prime minister’s close aides placed bets on the date of the vote.
A Sunday Times report that a senior Conservative official made dozens of bets with bookmakers that Sunak would call a July election makes it four prominent Tories who have now been accused of trying to profit by gambling on its timing.