Sunak orders investigation into Zahawi amid calls to sack him
Monday, 23 January 2023 Rishi Sunak has ordered an investigation into Nadhim Zahawi as he resisted calls to sack the Tory party chairman over his tax dispute.
Rishi Sunak has said he was given "no reason that Nadhim Zahawi could not be appointed to government" when he became prime minister. Mr Zahawi is facing calls to resign as Tory Party chair after it emerged he paid a penalty to resolve a multi-million-pound tax dispute with HMRC when he was chancellor...
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Rishi Sunak insists "integrity is really important to me" when asked about his handling of the Nadhim Zahawi tax scandal, adding "there's accountability when people don't behave in the way that they..
Rishi Sunak evades answering whether he is "showing weakness" by refusing to remove Nadhim Zahawi from the Cabinet amid an investigation into his tax affairs.
The prime minister insisted he believed..
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is ordering an investigation into Conservative Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs. Mr Zahawi paid a penalty to resolve a multimillion-pound tax dispute with HM..
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