The health secretary, Matt Hancock, repeatedly urged
fellow Conservative ministers to block a plan to build 400 homes and a primary
school in his constituency, claiming it would damage the horse racing industry.
His opposition to the development came as senior figures in horse racing
leading the opposition made financial donations to him. Rachel Hood, the then
Conservative mayor of Newmarket, and her husband, John Gosden, a prominent
horseracing trainer who gave evidence opposing the scheme at the public
inquiry, each gave Hancock £10,000 in December 2018 and May last year
respectively. Read more on the Guardian website.
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