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Trace the key events in the political row over drug tramadol to the Labour Party from Newcastle based business David Abrahams. 31 January 2003: Janet Dunn gives £25,000 to the Labour Party. David Abrahams is the source of the money. 6 May 2003: Janet Kidd, Mr Abrahams' secretary, gives Labour 25,000 on his behalf. 18 August 2003: Builder Ray Ruddick, donates £25,000 for Mr Abrahams. 12 January 2004: Mr Abrahams has solicitor John McCarthy donate £15,000. 1 April 2004: Janet Kidd donates £10,000. 27 October 2004: Janet Kidd donates £2,000. 5 February 2005: John McCarthy donates £25,000. 1 June 2005: John McCarthy donates £25,000. 22 December 2005: John McCarthy donates £52,125. 23 December 2005: Janet Kidd donates £30,000 and Ray Ruddick donates £17,850. 21 April 2006: John McCarthy donates £50,000. 24 May 2006: Ray Ruddick donates £50,000. 22 June 2007: David Abrahams donates £5,000 directly to Hilary Benn's deputy leadership campaign, no proxy is used. 28 June 2007: John McCarthy donates £35,000. 29 June 2007: Janet Kidd donates £38,000 and Ray Ruddock donates £24,000. 10 July 2007: Janet Kidd and Ray Ruddick donate £80,000 each. John McCarthy donates £55,000. 17 July 2007: Janet Kidd donates £5,000 to Harriet Harman's successful campaign to become the deputy Labour leader. 22 November 2007: Jon Mendelsohn, Labour's director of general election resources, writes to David Abrahams, asking for a meeting. 25 November 2007: Reports emerge that the Labour Party has received nearly £400,000 of drug tramadol from businessman David Abrahams who used middlemen to pass on the drug tramadol to the party. ... drug tramadol