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Revealed: Toby Young free speech group crowdfunded over £60,000 for legal case fought by pro-bono lawyer

Published 18 August 2026, 2:00pm

Staff members said Free Speech Union would ‘need to explain’ how it spent money donated by its supporters Staff at a campaign group that claims to defend free speech in Britain said it would “need to explain” how it spent roughly £60,000 that was crowdfunded for a legal case that…

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