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BBC allegations cost Tory and Reform donor a peerage, defamation trial told

Mohamed Amersi is suing over Panorama episode that made claims of his suspected involvement in corruption A Conservative and Reform UK donor lost out on a knighthood and a peerage amid claims of his involvement in corruption, the high court has heard at the start of his…

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