Sheila Gilmore MP, commenting on reports that lobbyist Lynton Crosby has been recruited to work full time for the Conservative Party, said:

“Given the Tories are so keen to talk about the recruitment details of the lobbyist Lynton Crosby, perhaps they would care to finally answer the key questions surrounding his role, questions David Cameron has repeatedly dodged over recent months.

"The Prime Minister chose to bring Lynton Crosby into the heart of his Downing Street operation, yet he has refused to answer a whole range of questions, from his tax arrangements to his influence over the Prime Minister’s decision to scrap plans to regulate tobacco advertising. The Prime Minister needs to stop dodging parliamentary questions and Freedom of Information requests and come clean. Nothing less than full disclosure will do.”