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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rupert Neate

Sunak under pressure over wife’s Russia-related ‘blood money’ dividends

Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murthy
The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, with his wife, Akshata Murthy, in February. Photograph: Mark Cuthbert/UK Press/Getty Images

The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, is under mounting pressure over accusations that his wife, Akshata Murthy, is collecting “bloody money” in dividends from a family company that has refused to pull out of Russia, despite Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Labour and the Liberal Democrats are calling on Sunak to answer “very serious questions” over Murthy’s estimated $900m (£690m) stake in the IT services and consultancy company Infosys.

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