A senior Conservative Party lawmaker said if people used inside information to bet, it would be "deeply wrong".
A senior Conservative Party lawmaker says it would be "reprehensible" for someone to use inside information to bet on the date ofCommission was investigating a second Conservative candidate for placing a bet on the date of the election, Michael Gove told the BBC that if people used inside information to bet, it would be "deeply wrong".
The date had been a closely guarded secret and many, even those in Sunak's governing Conservative Party, were taken by surprise as a vote had been expected in the fall.UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the date for the UK General Election in Downing Street on May 22. of Sunak's police bodyguards was arrested over alleged bets
Last week, Sunak aide Craig Williams, who is running to be reelected to Parliament, acknowledged he was being investigated by the Gambling Commission for placing a £100 bet on a July election before the date had been announced.
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