Who is Mohamed Mansour? Knighted billionaire who gave Tories £5m

The UK’s honours system was plunged into fresh controversy after a billionaire Tory donor who gave £5m to the Conservative Party was knighted on the recommendation of Rishi Sunak.

Businessman Mohamed Mansour, a senior treasurer at the party, was awarded a knighthood for business, charity and political service.

No 10 sources pointed to Mr Mansour’s charitable work and record of public service, including support for The Prince’s Foundation – now The King’s Foundation – and a major contributor to St Paul’s Cathedral’s Remember Me project, which raised money for a physical memorial to those who died of Covid-19 in the UK.

But Labour attacked the Prime Minister over the Easter honours’ decision to hand the Egyptian-born entrepreneur a gong and said the public would be “appalled”.

Party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds said: “This is either the arrogant act of an entitled man who’s stopped caring what the public thinks, or the demob-happy self-indulgence of someone who doesn’t expect to be Prime Minister much longer.

“Either way, it shows a blatant disrespect for the office he should feel privileged to hold.”

Mr Mansour was appointed as the party’s treasurer in December 2022.

He had previously served as a transport minister under Egypt’s autocratic former president Hosni Mubarak from 2006-09.