The billionaire Tory Deputy Chairman Lord Ashcroft, one of the Party's top donors has been keeping a mysteriously low profile following revelations that he struck a deal with the previous Conservative government regarding tax avoidance as a result of his non-domicile status by saying that he would take up UK residency in a move which would benefit the Treasury to the tune of millions.
Then he didn't.
And he's not telling anybody why he didn't either. Because his tax status is his business and nobody else's. So there.
Desperate to avoid any political embarrassment with an election on the horizon, David Cameron sent a chap out with a chitty to purchase a massive broom and a very large carpet.
Axminster of course.
More as we get it.
