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Dinner with the next Prime Minister has been auctioned off for £300,000 at a lavish Tory fundraiser, it emerged today.

Two unidentified donors bought the meal for 10 with either Jeremy Hunt or Boris Johnson, depending on who wins the leadership.

The lucky recipient looks almost certain to be Boris Johnson - as he is the runaway favourite to be made Prime Minister on July 24.

The sale, first revealed by the Daily Mail, has been confirmed to the Mirror by a source who was at the Tories' exclusive summer party.

The attendee said two donors were in a "bidding war" for the prize before they compromised and split it by paying £150,000 each.

A Tory source told the Daily Mail: "The next prime minister is being pimped out before they've even got the job."

The lot was one of a string of decadent experiences sold off by the Conservatives at a sprawling private members' club as the party braces for a possible autumn general election.

(Image: Ian Forsyth) (Image: Ian Forsyth)

Its buyer is not yet revealed, and is likely to be exposed only when the Tories declare a donation formally with the Electoral Commission.

Meanwhile it raises fresh concerns over cash for access to Tory ministers, who have a club that allows them to dine privately with anyone who gives the party at least £50,000.

The meals are held secretively, with at least one recently held at an art gallery owned by a millionaire donor, with no official notes taken of what was discussed.

Almost 50 donors attended 'Leader's Group' meals, including with Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Philip Hammond, between April and June 2018 alone.

It also comes just months after a Russian banker enjoyed a girls' night out with Theresa May.

Lubov Chernukhin sat with Theresa May and other top politicians at the Goring Hotel, in Belgravia, London, after donating £135,000 at the Conservative Party’s Black and White ball earlier this year.

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Mrs Chernukhin's husband Vladimir Chernikhin, was formerly an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, although he says he has fallen out with the leader.

At Wednesday night's summer ball, one donor on Amber Rudd’s table blew £40,000 on a private Champagne party for 100 at The London Cabaret Club in Bloomsbury.

Another bid £15,000 for a hunting trip to Scotland, where they and seven friends will be allowed to shoot 200 pheasants on a grand estate.

A third lot featured an all-expenses paid trip to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, selling for £27,000, according to the Politico website.

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Guests paid up to £1,500 a head for the annual Summer Party, held on Wednesday at London’s exclusive Hurlingham Club.

Outgoing PM Theresa May hosted the event, with both Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson in attendance, rattling the donation tin to swell the Tory war chest.

One hedge funder boasted he had managed to get a seat at the fundraiser right next to Mr Hunt and his wife.

Another lucky bidder walked away with a private jet day trip for themselves and eight pals to any destination in Europe for £24,000.

Labour Party Chairman Ian Lavery said: “What a pathetic display. The Tory leadership contest has descended into total farce with tax cuts for the rich, a chaotic No Deal Brexit threatening people’s jobs and livelihoods, and bringing back barbaric fox hunting.

“And in the midst of the chaos, they get out their begging bowls to ask for more from their super rich hedge fund friends.

“It’s time to put this shower out of their misery and elect a Labour government which will put fairness at the head of everything we do, for the many not the few."