Commuter can’t believe attractive chugger ‘only after me for my money’
26-year-old Gavin Hendry was devastated to discover that the charity fundraiser who recently accosted him outside Holborn tube had never been interested in pursuing a long-term commitment with the chartered surveyor from Barnet, but was instead using him for the benefit of a faceless non-governmental organisation providing aid to Africa. ‘I gave her everything,’ said Hendry, ‘my heart, my dignity, my sort code. But now I know she was just after my money’.
The British government was bracing itself for a national class action ahead of a ruling by the parliamentary ombudsman on a claim against the Staffordshire Labour party for door-to-door mis-selling. Taking the lead from successful claims of dishonestly sold pensions, mortgages and utility services, a group of voters from the Midlands launched the claim in what they described as ‘a crusade to stand up for the little man’. 
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