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STORY: :: June 20, 2024

:: York, United Kingdom

:: Pictures from BBC news

:: UK's Rishi Sunak says he's 'angry' over alleged

election betting by his own party members

:: Rishi Sunak, British Prime Minister

:: "Well, like you, I was incredibly angry, incredibly angry to learn of these allegations. It's a really serious matter. It's right that they're being investigated properly by the relevant law enforcement authorities, including, as Fiona said, a criminal investigation by the police. And I want to be crystal clear that if anyone has broken the rules, they should face the full force of the law. And that's what those investigations are there to do. And I hope that they do their work as quickly and thoroughly as possible."

:: "But what I can tell you is if anyone is found to have broken the rules, not only should they face the full consequences of the law, I will make sure that they are booted out of the Conservative Party."

On another chaotic day for the governing Conservatives, the party's campaign director took a leave of absence, linked to an investigation around bets being placed on the timing of the vote before it was announced.

The allegations that a second Conservative candidate was being investigated by Britain's gambling regulator and may have attempted to profit from their political knowledge of the timing of the election is the latest setback in Sunak's faltering efforts to stay in Downing Street.