Police are investigating alleged racist comments made by Tory party donor Frank Hester at a meeting in 2019.
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The investigation by West Yorkshire police follows a police report made by former Labour MP Diane Abbott about the alleged comments, as first reported by The Independent.
The force said the investigation had been passed over from the Metropolitan Police as the meeting took place in Horsforth, Leeds.
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A spokesperson said officers were now “working to establish the facts and to ultimately ascertain whether a crime has been committed”.
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They added that the Metropolitan Police had been contacted on March 11 about a report in The Guardian, and that this was the first time the comments had been brought to the attention of police.
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