Tim Farron: Blencathra’s lobbying for tax haven astonishing

24 Apr 2012
Tim Farron - MP for Westmoreland and Lonsdale
Tim Farron MP

Commenting on Lord Blencathra's lobbying for the Cayman Islands government, Liberal Democrat Party President, Tim Farron said:

"With all the controversy surrounding lobbying and tax at the moment, it's astonishing that a Tory peer is now the lead advocate in Britain for one of the world's biggest tax havens.

"While the Coalition is trying to make the rich pay their fair share, this exposes an element of the Conservative Party which wants to keep helping their wealthy friends hide their money from the taxman.

"If Lord Blencathra is using his very privileged position in the House of Lords to lobby for a government that wants to see money that should be for our schools, hospitals and our armed forces sailing off in luxury yachts to be stored on the Cayman Islands, it is yet another mockery of the Parliamentary system, and reinforces a need for an elected upper chamber."

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