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Boris Johnson’s ex-adviser has role at firm that won £3.5m government ‘support’

Exclusive: Hydro Industries donated £20,000 to the Tories at the same time it secured funding meant for struggling businesses

Boris Johnson’s ex-adviser has role at firm that won £3.5m government ‘support’
One of Hydro Industries' directors was an adviser to Boris Johnson from 2008 to 2012
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Boris Johnson's former adviser works for a company that won millions of pounds in government funding – at the same time that it donated £20,000 to the Conservative Party.

Hydro Industries, a water technology firm, was awarded a “convertible loan” from the government’s Future Fund scheme last year, which was meant to help businesses “facing financing difficulties” due to the pandemic.

But in the same month, the company donated £20,000 to the Conservative Party.