Lord Oakeshott departs as a Lib Dem Treasury spokesman
By “mutual agreement”, earlier today Lord Oakeshott stopped being a Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman in the Lords. … Read the full post »
Lord Matthew Oakeshott
Matthew Oakeshott became a Liberal Democrat peer in 2000 but resigned from the party in 2014 after his involvement in a failed plot to oust party leader Nick Clegg became public.
Lord Oakeshott attacks Barclays over bonsues
Barclays was tonight accused of making a mockery of attempts to call a truce with the government over “banker bashing”. … Read the full post »
Lord Matthew Oakeshott attacks bank bonus secrecy
Cracking down on bankers’ bonuses is a “moment of truth” for the coalition government, a leading Liberal Democrat has warned. … Read the full post »
The Huhne-Oakeshott two-step
Over the weekend we saw two stories, two prominent Liberal Democrats, two public staking out of positions on issues that are the subject of much debate within the coalition. … Read the full post »
Tory donor, tax affairs, Lord Oakeshott on the case
Liberal Democrat peer Lord Oakeshott is clearly not put off by coalition from his pursuit of Tory donors and their tax statuses. … Read the full post »
Tax-exiles get a new lease of life as political donors
A much-publicised law designed to stop wealthy tax exiles bankrolling political parties has been quietly dropped. … Read the full post »
Lib Dems call on George Osborne to pay capital gains tax
From The Daily Telegraph comes news of pressure on Conservative MP George Osborne over his use of MPs’ expenses. … Read the full post »
What will the political fallout from the peers lobbying scandal be?
Peers who avoid tax or have criminal convictions – such as Lord Archer and Lord Black – are to be expelled from the House of Lords in the wake of the lords for hire scandal. … Read the full post »
Labour gets a financial breathing space
As The Times reports: Labour has pulled itself back from the brink of bankruptcy by restructuring its loans and persuading the bulk of its backers to give the party until 2015 to repay the money. Party officials have been locked in frantic negotiations with more than a dozen businessmen who lent Labour £15 million in … Read the full post »
Should those who set UK laws also be UK taxpayers?
Liberal Democrat peer Lord Oakeshott has a bill requiring all members of the House of Lords to be paying taxes in Britain. … Read the full post »