tell us more about mohammed mansoor. - quieten news time,. tell us more about mohammed mansoor.me,. tell us more - about mohammed mansoor. in some of the conservative party is biggest donors, and what else do we know about him? it's giving an honour to major donor like this will be problematic for the party? yes. major donor like this will be problematic for the party? yes, he is a ma'or problematic for the party? yes, he is a major donor _ problematic for the party? yes, he is a major donor to _ problematic for the party? yes, he is a major donor to the _ problematic for the party? yes, he l is a major donor to the conservative party, he gave them £5 million last year, he is also a senior treasurer at the party, and you are just mentioning labour's criticism, they accused the prime minister of showing blatant disregard for the office he holds, and they are saying this appointment shows rishi sunak is out of touch, and reform uk, they are saying this is example of what they describe as toxic cronyism, but number ten sources saying mohamed mansour�*s appointment is because of his

mohammed mansoor has been knighted for his contributions to business, charity and politics.band of the government's common sense minister esther mcvey, has also been knighted alongside farming minister mark spencer. meanwhile, treasury committee chairwoman harriet baldwin has been given a damehood, as has tracey crouch, the former sports minister. now the queen received overwhelming support for the king and princess of wales at her historic royal maundy service earlier on today, well—wishers brave cold and wet conditions to catch a glimpse of camilla as she stood in for her husband, who's receiving treatment for cancer . despite treatment for cancer. despite the king's absence, there was a personal pre—recorded message from him broadcast inside worcester cathedral and in the video he highlighted the importance of care and kindness in times of need in the wake of his and the princess of wales's cancer diagnoses . that's the cancer diagnoses. that's the news for the latest stories. do sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen right now or go to gb news .com/ a

first of all, mohamed mansoor has been knighted for his contributions to business, charity and politicsd philip davis, husband of the government's common sense minister esther mcvey, has also been knighted alongside the farming minister mark spencer. meanwhile, treasury committee chairwoman harriet baldwin in the picture there has been given a damehood, as has tracey crouch, the former sports minister and the british filmmaker christopher nolan and his wife, producer emma thomas , his wife, producer emma thomas, are to respectively receive a knighthood and a damehood . their knighthood and a damehood. their film oppenheimer took home the best oscar for best picture at this year's academy awards. together, they've created some of hollywood's most celebrated cinema, including dunkirk, inception and a trilogy of batman films starring christian bale. those are the latest news stories. do sign up for gb news alerts to scan the qr code on your screen right now, or go to gb news dot common alerts. now it's gb news dot common alerts. now wsfime gb news dot common alerts. now it's time for. farag

yeah, there's been a knighthood for mohammed mansoor , knighthood for mohammed mansoor, who gave £5 millionme, that was the biggest single donation to the biggest single donation to the party in over 20 years. that's since been overtaken, of course, by frank hester. remember the row just a few weeks ago about his comments? who gave 10 million? but, obviously labour and the lib dems are up in arms. richard tice of reform says, you know, it's crony ism at its worst. i think it's certainly not a good look. but of course , there's a look. but of course, there's a general election coming. the conservative party are very happy to have money coming in to help them with that. but a lot of criticism today for the prime minister. >> okay, catherine, for now , >> okay, catherine, for now, thanks very much indeed. >> now tory mps are quitting politics as they find pressures of the job, the hostility on social media and death threats totally exhausting . totally exhausting. >> well, at least that's what dame andrea leadsom said to our political editor, christopher hope, on his latest podcast . hope, on

well, businessman mohammed mansoor, who's a senior treasurer at the party, was knighted for business,westminster by our political correspondent catherine forcer. catherine, welcome back to the show. pleasure to have you, as ever. don't honours get given out all the time to people who give loads of money to political parties? and why is this any different ? different? >> well, it certainly seems that way. we had cash for way. of course we had cash for honours under labour, way. of course we had cash for honou we? under labour, way. of course we had cash for honou we? but under labour, way. of course we had cash for honou we? but rishi er labour, way. of course we had cash for honou we? but rishi sunak, ur, way. of course we had cash for honou we? but rishi sunak, you didn't we? but rishi sunak, you know, it's good friday and yet again , bad headlines and of again, bad headlines and of course this man mohamed mansour £5 million donation that he gave that at the time was the biggest single donation to the conservative party for 20 years. so a very, very big deal. but this comes just 2 or

but all the heat is around, mohammed mansoor because of this £5 million.and he was the biggest donor to the conservative party right up until frank hester, who came along and gave them £10 million. and of course, there was an almighty row about him just a couple of weeks ago over the comments he'd made about diane abbott, the conservative party, keeping tight hold of that money despite calls to give it back. of course, they've got a general election campaign to fund, but also the timing of this has reignited speculation about when the general election might be. we're fresh from hearing it's not going to be may the government still saying it's working on the assumption that it will be in the autumn, most likely dates seem to be november the 14th or 21st, a week or two after the american election on november the fifth. but the timing of this is making some say, well, if things go badly in the local elections , which we the local elections, which we pretty much know they will for the conservatives, they might call a snap election in june or july, and this mig