TORIES insist that all donations to their party are “properly and transparently declared to the Electoral Commission … and comply fully with the law.”

They claim there is no cause for concern over HMRC failure to investigate money laundering and tax fraud allegations against their party’s biggest corporate donor Lycamobile.

Yet there is clearly a bad smell emanating from somewhere since the Tory Party decided nearly two years ago to cease taking donations from the company after helping themselves to £2 million.