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ONE of the Tories’ biggest donors is involved in a 13.8m Euro (£12.4m) dispute with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over offshore cash.
Allirajah Subaskaran is the chairman and owner of mobile phone firm Lycamobile. He and his companies gave the Tories £2.1m between 2011 and 2016.
The latest accounts of the top company in his Lycamobile empire, which has the unusual name “WWW HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED” were released in March. They show his firm has increased the amount put aside to cover an ongoing tax dispute with HMRC by 3.4m Euro (£2.9m) for the latest year.
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