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DAVID CAMERON’s longstanding vow to make “damn sure” that tax dodgers pay up was left a laughing stock yesterday after Tory treasurer Lord Fink admitted avoiding tax while claiming that “everyone does it.”
Various crackdown promises made by the PM in 2012, 2013, 2014 and last month were dealt the embarrassing blow after super-rich Tory donor Mr Fink confirmed accusations levelled by Labour’s Ed Miliband.
The opposition leader branded it a “defining moment” for Mr Cameron, and a snap ComRes poll yesterday suggested that the public agrees, with 49 per cent of those polled saying the row shows Mr Miliband on the side of ordinary people.
Tony Benn’s constituents chose him by an overwhelming majority — but because he had inherited a peerage, parliamentary rules declared their choice invalid, writes MAT COWARD
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES