LABOUR DONOR BEHIND DEAL

÷ Dr Chai Patel (pictured), the 62-year-old former boss of The Priory rehab clinics, set up HC-One in 2011 ÷ He is married with three daughters having met his wife at the Rugby World Cup in 1999 ÷ Patel was caught up in the cash- for- honours scandal when he was recommended for a peerage by Tony Blair after secretly lending the party £1.5m ÷ HC-One is the country’s third biggest care home operator ÷ More than 8,500 residents live in HC-One’s 170-plus care homes ÷ The company made a loss for the year ending September 2016 of £3.5m ÷ It already has debts of £286.8m