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 Comment ‘With government borrowing rising, here’s how Reeves can ignite growth’ The Labour Government faces a £5bn fiscal deficit for the autumn budget – a significant reduction from the… Joe Jervis & Hugh Goulbourne 23rd July, 2025, 6:30 am Labour conference 2025 Labour party conference 2025: When and where is the next conference? Labour’s next party conference, coming a year since the party returned to government, is taking place in just… Daniel Green 22nd July, 2025, 10:00 am News Revealed: The party rule changes Labour conference could vote on Labour could vote on an array of party rule changes at its annual conference in Liverpool in September,… Tom Belger 22nd July, 2025, 9:32 am
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