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Rishi Sunak said to be ‘livid’ with Cabinet minister in tax row

Although the news that Tory party chairman Nadhim Zahawi had paid a penalty for failing to file his taxes properly first surfaced during his short tenure as chancellor from July to September 2022, his past tax affairs have come under scrutiny again more recently.

Rishi Sunak is taking his Cabinet to Chequers, the Prime Minister’s grace-and-favour country retreat, for what a spokesperson says will be a “focus on the five priority areas” Sunak announced in his New Year’s speech.

Today a senior civil servant confirmed that the estimated cost in defending the shamed former Prime Minister had soared by more than £90,000 since 2022

The permanent secretary at the tax office Jim Harra also said HMRC would 'help with the inquiry' into the Tory Chairman 'in any way we possibly can' if requested by Rishi Sunak ethics adviser

Rishi Sunak said to be ‘livid’ with Cabinet minister in tax row

Pressue intensifies on Tory chairman, as Labour says ‘excuses unravelling’

Archie Norman, who is a former Tory MP, is the latest business leader to criticise ministers over their economic policies, warning Foreign Secretary James Cleverly in a letter that labelling changes would be "baffling"

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak demanded that the Iranian government provide answers about the death and burial of British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari, executed by Tehran earlier this month. "The regime is prolonging the suffering of the family, and it is sadly typical of that disregard for basic human dignity,"…