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 Former PM Keir Starmer to stand down as MP for Holborn and St Pancras Former Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced he will stand down as the MP for Holborn and St… Daniel Green 1st September, 2026, 12:16 pm Analysis Change, not continuity, must be Burnham’s mantra As MPs return from recess to the corridors of Westminster, Burnham will address the Commons for the first… Daniel Green 1st September, 2026, 9:54 am Columnist Delivering in local government: How Labour is building a better Britain everywhere Labour councils up and down the country are helping to improve the lives of their residents. Week in,… Paul Dimoldenberg 1st September, 2026, 6:00 am
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
News Former PM Keir Starmer to stand down as MP for Holborn and St Pancras Former Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced he will stand down as the MP for Holborn and St… Daniel Green 1st September, 2026, 12:16 pm
Analysis Change, not continuity, must be Burnham’s mantra As MPs return from recess to the corridors of Westminster, Burnham will address the Commons for the first… Daniel Green 1st September, 2026, 9:54 am
Columnist Delivering in local government: How Labour is building a better Britain everywhere Labour councils up and down the country are helping to improve the lives of their residents. Week in,… Paul Dimoldenberg 1st September, 2026, 6:00 am
More from LabourList
Former PM Keir Starmer to stand down as MP for Holborn and St Pancras
Change, not continuity, must be Burnham’s mantra
Delivering in local government: How Labour is building a better Britain everywhere