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Nadhim Zahawi should ‘stand aside’ now, says senior Tory MP
Embattled Tory chairman Nadhim Zahawi is being urged by voters to reveal exactly how much he paid HMRC in a dispute over unpaid tax while he was chancellor of the Exchequer.
Mr Zahawi has confirmed he came to a settlement – including a fine – with the taxman but has so far declined to say exactly how much he paid, with reports suggesting the amount was up to £5mn.
But nearly two in three voters want the Stratford-on-Avon MP to come clean and tell them how much he handed over to authorities, an exclusive poll for The Independent has found.
Reports say the dispute was in relation to YouGov, a polling company he co-founded and Balshore investments, a Gibraltar-registered firm linked to his family.
On Wednesday morning Mr Zahwai continued to come under pressure to resign over the saga, which looks set to dominate the exchanges between prime minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions.
Tell us how much you owed the taxman, voters tell Zahawi
Almost two in three Britons want Conservative chairman Nadhim Zahawi to set out how much it took to settle his tax dispute with HMRC, a poll for The Independent has found.
Some 64 per cent of people – including 61 per cent of Tory voters – say Mr Zahawi should reveal exactly how much he handed over, according to the Savanta ComRes survey.
Our politics correspondent Adam Forrest reports:
Matt Mathers25 January 2023 09:16
Is Sunak about to dump Zahawi? Tory MPs say PM risks looking ‘indecisive’ over tax row
Just a week ago the PM was defending Mr Zahawi in the Commons. But as pressure on Mr Sunak mounts, Downing Street declined to say he was confident Mr Zahawi had always been honest about his finances.
Kate Devlin, politics editor and Adam Forrest, politics correspondent, report:
Matt Mathers25 January 2023 09:21
Re-cap: who is Nadhim Zahawi?
An Iraqi refugee who arrived in Britain aged nine with no English rose to No 11 Downing Street and propped up Boris Johnson’s ailing administration last summer, only to be hit by a tax scandal himself, my colleague Joe Sommerlad reports.
Read the full article here:
Matt Mathers25 January 2023 09:13
Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s live politics coverage.
We’ll be bringing you updates throughout the day as Nadhim Zahawi faces pressure to resign over a row about his tax arrangement.
Stay tuned for all the latest news and PMQs at midday.
Matt Mathers25 January 2023 09:11
