Sunak: I was given no reason not to appoint Zahawi
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Sunak: I was given no reason not to appoint Zahawi
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 under Boris Johnson.
The prime minister insisted "integrity and accountability are really important to me", after he ordered an investigation into the row.
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Kemi Badenoch says the public still does not trust the Conservatives. Speaking after the party’s poor performance in last week’s elections, she also dismissed ‘talk of leadership challenges’ and insisted her job is to change that.
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