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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.
"A decision that reflects the integrity of the government."
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Quick Glance: Nadhim Zahawi is under increasing pressure over a late tax payment that the Prime Minister was not informed about.
- When Rishi Sunak appointed Mr Zahawi to his Cabinet, he was not told about his tax affairs, which the minister tried to keep private for months.
- Mr Zahawi is still under pressure to reveal more information about his tax affairs and correspondence with HMRC.
- "Rishi Sunak can no longer maintain his deafening silence over Nadhim Zahawi's tax scandal." she said.
- "The Prime Minister must now come clean on what he knew and when about Nadhim Zahawi's tax affairs and the concerns raised with Number 10."
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