8:56am Friday 12th March 2010
Open letter to Bucks MPs Cheryl Gillan and Dominic Grieve.
WE have learnt last week that Lord Ashcroft has enjoyed a non-dom tax status throughout the ten years he has been a member of the House of Lords.
It is estimated that this has saved him £127million in tax.
Do you agree that it is wrong that a man who avoids paying British taxes on such a massive scale should wield so much influence over the British political process, by being deputy chairman of the Conservative party and bankrolling their campaign?
Why has the shadow cabinet allowed this to continue for so many years? Why has no member of the shadow cabinet ever given a straight answer to questions about his tax status?
If you haven’t been able to deal with your own deputy chairman, how can you assure us that the Tories have the backbone to stand up to big financial interests?
Will the shadow cabinet now insist that he pays this £127million to the Treasury?
Tim Starkey, (Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Chesham and Amersham), Narcot Road, Chalfont St Giles.
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