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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy Gibbons

Sajid Javid dismisses tax affairs claim as Labour ‘smear campaign’

PA Wire

Sajid Javid has dismissed allegations that he potentially avoided paying hundreds of thousands of pounds in British tax before entering politics as “typical smear attacks” from Labour.

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has called for an investigation into Mr Javid’s historic tax arrangements, claiming there is a possibility he was “a beneficiary of a loan scheme designed to avoid paying UK tax”.

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