Lord Ashcroft
Issue- Liam Fox has revealed that David Cameron only found out within the last month that Lord Ashcroft had not met his original tax undertakings.
Key points
- Peter Mandelson, Labour's Business Secretary, responding to the latest revelation this afternoon about Lord Ashcroft, said:
"Liam Fox's revelation that David Cameron only found out within the last month that Lord Ashcroft had not met his original tax undertakings are astonishing.
"At a press conference in December 2007 David Cameron said that he had asked Lord Ashcroft and was given the "reassurance that the guarantees he made at the time are being met."
"Yet this afternoon Liam Fox is saying on David Cameron's behalf that he only found out about Lord Ashcroft's status "within the last month".
"So either David Cameron was misleading the British people in December 2007, or he was being misled by Lord Ashcroft. The question for David Cameron this afternoon is which is it?"
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