British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the chairman of his Conservative Party on Sunday following an ethics investigation into the chairman’s tax affairs, the latest headache for Sunak’s party, which is trailing badly in polls.
to Zahawi on Sunday, Sunak said he made the decision because he had promised that his government would have “integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level” when he became prime minister late last year, during a particularly tumultuous time in British politics.Sunak’s decision came after he ordered an independent ethics adviser to investigate Zahawi’s tax affairs.
The tax bill in question was over the sale of shares in YouGov, the polling agency that Zahawi founded. Sunak’s ethics adviser, Laurie Magnus, said in his verdict of the situation that Zahawi had not declared that his tax affairs were being investigated when Johnson had made him finance minister. The four-page report published on Sunday also said that Zahawi had failed to disclose details when Sunak made him chair of the Conservative Party.
Sunak initially stood by Zahawi. Now opposition politicians have questioned what the prime minister knew before appointing Zahawi to a senior job in the party. The Labour Party’s shadow education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, said: “It’s vital that we now get answers to what Rishi Sunak knew and when did he know it. We need to see all the papers, not just have the Prime Minister’s role in this brushed under the carpet.”
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