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Quick Glance: There is an urgent need for politicians to clean up their own messes | Adam Boulton
- "Ministers who knowingly mislead parliament will be expected to offer their resignation to the prime minister."
- "A straight untruth" Stephen Byers, one of Tony Blair's cabinet ministers, was found not to have committed contempt in 2001 because he "inadvertently" made a factually incorrect statement to a transport committee, according to Boris Johnson's legal team.
- Following further controversy, Mr. Byers resigned as a cabinet minister shortly afterwards.
- Mr. Johnson's case is unusual for several reasons.
- Rather than being the subject of such charges, prime ministers are usually the final arbitrator.
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Quick Glance: Rishi Sunak, Britain's Rishi Sunak, fires party chair in latest Conservative scandal
- LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the chairman of his Conservative Party on Sunday after an ethics investigation into the chairman's tax affairs, adding to Sunak's party's woes.
- Sunak fired Nadhim Zahawi for a "serious breach" of the ministerial code, which governs how ministers should conduct themselves.
- According to the four-page report, Zahawi failed to disclose details when Sunak appointed him chair of the Conservative Party.
- Opposition politicians are now questioning what the prime minister knew before naming Zahawi to a senior position in the party.