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UK PM orders investigation into party chairman’s tax affairs

Zahawi's case relates to shares in the opinion polling firm YouGov, which he co-founded in 2000 before becoming an MP [Henry Nicholls/Reuters]

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has ordered an investigation into the tax affairs of the chairman of his governing Conservative Party, saying there are “questions that need answering” about the dealings.

Sunak said on Monday that he had asked his independent ethics adviser Laurie Magnus to look into Nadhim Zahawi’s multimillion-pound case, which relates to the 55-year-old’s co-founding of opinion polling firm YouGov in 2000 before he became a member of Parliament.

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