Diane Abbott reports Tory donor Frank Hester to police as Sunak finally calls comment ‘racist and wrong’

Diane Abbott has reported the Conservative Party’s biggest ever donor to the police after he was alleged to have said the MP “should be shot”, The Independent can reveal.

The MP filed a complaint with the Metropolitan Police’s parliamentary liaison and investigations team after Frank Hester, who donated £10m to the Tories last year, allegedly made a series of incendiary comments about her, including that she made him “want to hate all Black women”.

It came as a Tory row erupted over the furore, with minister Kemi Badenoch breaking ranks with senior colleagues to describe Mr Hester’s alleged remarks as “racist”.

Former Conservative leader William Hague and ex-chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng also used the same language to condemn the businessman’s comments – despite Downing Street initially refusing to label them as racist.

Eventually, a day after the row first broke out, the prime minister’s spokesperson said the comments were “racist