18th March, 2010, 8:12 am BBC: Hague knew about Ashcroft tax status in 2000 – 8 in the morning, March 18th Alex Smith Share this article: By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * BBC alleges William Hague knew about Lord Ashcroft’s tax status in 2000, much earlier than previously claimed. * After another day of Tory attacks on Charlie Whelan, the Guardian plays down his “informal” role, saying “it is away from No 10 where his presence is felt most.” * Evoking the pager system introduced by New Labour in the mid-nineties, Conservative candidates will be kepy on message with new iPhone and BlackBerry applications. * Tensions between speaker John Bercow and Conservative MPs escalate. * The Fabians’ Stuart White questions Labour activists’ confidence in the government’s policy on retention of DNA samples. * George Osborne risks repeating John Smith’s mistakes of 1992 in next week’s budget, argues the Times’ Anatole Kaletsky. * Nadine Dorries is involved in a plot to damage Esther Rantzen’s election campaign in Luton South, reports the Telegraph. * The Conservatives drop a point in the latest YouGov poll, bringing the gap with Labour to four percent. Alex Smith Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband. @alexsmith1982 View all articles by Alex Smith Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList News Paul Nowak column: ‘Let celebrate this historic step on child poverty – and follow it with work and childcare reforms’ Amid the storm of post-budget fallout and blame games, it’s important not to lose sight of the huge… Paul Nowak 4th December, 2025, 6:00 am Comment ‘School readiness is rising – but so is the gap between poorer kids and their peers’ This government has made opportunity and social mobility a major focus, aiming to “break down barriers to opportunity”… Rebecca Montacute 4th December, 2025, 6:00 am News 2026 mayoral elections to be postponed for two years – reports Four inaugural mayoral elections that had been due to take place next May are set to be postponed… Daniel Green 3rd December, 2025, 11:37 pm
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