Senior Tories lash out at Rishi Sunak over failure to bring election betting scandal under control

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Rishi Sunak is under growing pressure to intervene in the Conservative general election betting scandal, with senior figures calling on him to act.

The Prime Minister has been urged to immediately suspend all those under investigation from the party and lead a Cabinet Office inquiry into the scandal.

Party chairman Richard Holden who is responsible for overseeing the Conservative general election campaign, has remained tight-lipped on the crisis.

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A former Conservative minister and the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats are among these people. who joined the growing call for the suspension of those involved.

Rishi Sunak has been urged to suspend everyone involved in the scandal (AFP )

Labour's national campaign co-ordinator Pat McFadden has written to the Gambling Commission asking the watchdog to release the names of all those subject to an investigation.

As the deepening crisis threatened to derail the Conservative election campaign for another week:

Sources close to Oliver Dowden confirmed that the Deputy Prime minister had not bet on...