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4 April 2016

Lord Ashcroft denies links to Panama Papers firm

Following the release of the Panama Papers, a spokesman for the former deputy chairman of the Tory party has denied that he had "done business" with Mossack Fonseca.

By Stephanie Boland

Lord Ashcroft has denied any involvement with Mossack Fonseca, the company at the heart of the “Panama Papers”.

Described as an “unprecedented” leak, the papers constitute some 11.5 million files from the fourth biggest offshore law firm in the world, which the Guardian says “show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes”.

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