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| No 'secret' Ashcroft deal - Hague | No 'secret' Ashcroft deal - Hague |
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| William Hague has insisted Lord Ashcroft stuck to the terms of an agreement he made in 2000 to become a UK resident before getting a peerage. | William Hague has insisted Lord Ashcroft stuck to the terms of an agreement he made in 2000 to become a UK resident before getting a peerage. |
| Mr Hague insists he only found out recently the deal had not led to Lord Ashcroft being UK domiciled for tax. | |
| But he told the BBC that being a full UK taxpayer was never part of the deal. | But he told the BBC that being a full UK taxpayer was never part of the deal. |
| Mr Hague said leaked documents showed No 10 knew all the details of the deal that was agreed ahead of the Tory donor joining the House of Lords in 2000. | Mr Hague said leaked documents showed No 10 knew all the details of the deal that was agreed ahead of the Tory donor joining the House of Lords in 2000. |