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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Top Tory breaks ranks to tell Nadhim Zahawi to ‘stand aside’ during tax probe

Tax row Tory Nadhim Zahawi should stand aside while a probe into his affairs is ongoing, a senior Conservative has said.

Ex-Minister Caroline Nokes broke ranks to call on her party colleague to recuse himself from his role as Tory chairman while Rishi Sunak's sleaze watchdog looks into a multimillion pound tax dispute he resolved by paying a penalty to HMRC

Mr Zahawi is alleged to have paid an estimated £5million penalty when he was Chancellor - and in charge of UK tax policy - between July and September.

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