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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. Former Conservative leader William Hague has denied any "secret" deal was done over Lord Ashcroft's tax status.
Mr Hague insists he only found out recently the deal had not led to Lord Ashcroft being UK domiciled for tax. Mr Hague insists he only found out recently that Lord Ashcroft was a "non dom", so had not had to pay tax in the UK on most of his overseas earnings.
But he told the BBC that being a full UK taxpayer was never part of the deal. But he said tax status was never part of the deal agreed for the Tory donor to become a permanent UK resident before being granted a peerage 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. And he said leaked documents showed No 10 knew the details of the deal.