Rishi Sunak has refused to say if he instructed one among his closest parliamentary aides the date of the election earlier than he positioned a wager on it.
Speaking to broadcasters, the prime minister insisted he was "furious" when he first realized concerning the allegations.
He added "if anyone is breaking the rules, they should face the full consequences of the law, whether that’s the Gambling Commission or the police."
Craig Williams, who has been suspended because the Conservative candidate in Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr, admitted he "committed a serious error of judgment" however "not an offence" and declared he would proceed to struggle to win his seat.
The different candidates for Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr are:
Jeremy Brignell-Thorp, Green Party;
Oliver Lewis, Reform UK;
Glyn Preston, Liberal Democrats;
Elwyn Vaughan, Plaid Cymru;
Steve Witherden, Labour.
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