Sunak Swerves Insider Bet Questions as Police Probe Widens
- Tories alleged to have bet on vote timing before date public
- Premier declines to say who he told, citing investigations
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Rishi Sunak refused to answer media questions on the betting scandal embroiling his Conservative Party ahead of the UK election, as the police expanded a probe into whether people close to the premier tried to profit from insider information by placing bets on the timing of the July 4 vote.
“It’s absolutely not right, when there are ongoing independent investigations, that those are compromised in any way,” Sunak told Sky News, repeatedly refusing to say whether he told his parliamentary aide Craig Williams — who has acknowledged placing a bet — the date of the election before he announced it.