Lubov Chernukhin was given £150,000 in public funds to help open Owens entertainment centre

The Conservative donor Lubov Chernukhin is facing calls to hand back £150,000 of taxpayer cash given to her company to help fund a “fun factory” and amusement arcade in Hastings that closed after less than a year.

Helena Dollimore, the Labour MP for Hastings and Rye, said the town now “wants its money back” after the venture known as Owens failed, leaving a depressing boarded-up shopfront dominating the high street.