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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Caroline Davies and Rowena Mason

Labour says Sunak may have broken ministerial code over wife’s tax status

Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty.
Rishi Sunak says Akshata Murty has ‘followed letter of the law’ on her non-dom status and ‘loves her country like I love mine’. Photograph: Ian West/PA

Labour has suggested Rishi Sunak could have broken the ministerial code by failing to be transparent about the non-dom tax status of his wife.

Emily Thornberry, the shadow attorney general, raised the prospect after Sunak gave an interview to the Sun newspaper acknowledging his wife, Akshata Murty, was a non-dom, meaning she does not legally have to pay tax in the UK on her income earned abroad.

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