has responded to reports that he had to pay a penalty as part of a multi million pound tax settlement. in a statement, the former chancellor said the tax office had disagreed about the exact allocation of shares his father had in the polling company yougov, which mr zahawi founded. he said hmrc, which is the uk s tax authority, had concluded it was a careless and not deliberate error, and that he had paid what was due. labour had earlier called for mr zahawi to resign over the matter. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more on today s statement. for almost a week, nadhim zahawi has been under pressure to give more detail about his tax affairs. there is one central question at the heart of this scrutiny and that is whether he used an offshore entity to hold shares in the polling company yougov which he set up before he came to politics back in the year 2000, and also whether subsequently he has paid a settlement to hmrc for tax that he owed as a result of potenti
office to settle a disagreement about his tax affairs. it s understood the dispute over mr zahawi s taxes was resolved while he was serving as chancellor of the exchequer. president zelensky says he ll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of more than 50 countries ended without agreement. hundreds of people have been protesting for the right to wild camp in dartmoor national park in the uk. last week the uk s high court ruled that the permission of landowners was required before camping on dartmoor. (00v)millions of people around the world are preparing for the start of the lunar new year. now on bbc news its time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. more boos and second from bottom. everton lose again. with their owner and board in the stands to see the protests. at the minute we are in a tough time it upsets everyone at the club and everyone is to try and stick together and move f
are preparing for the start of the lunar new year. the year of the rabbit is considered the luckiest of the 12 zodiac animals. you re watching bbc news. now its time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. more boos and second from bottom everton lose again. with their owner and board in the stands to see the protests. the minute we are in a tough time it upsets everyone at the club and everyone is to try and stick together and move forward. mid table and mediocre. dsepite the debut of mudryk, liverpool and chelsea s 0 0 draw doesn t help either team. goals not a problem for celtic. they hit five to reach the scottish cup fifth round. also coming up in the programme. and he s played enough tennis for a whole tournament, but andy murray s australian open is over in the first week. a 350th appearance marked with a try and a win and danny care s harlequins have their first victory in more than a month. hello and welcome to spo
that he made a payment to the tax office to settle a disagreement about his tax affairs. mr zahawi said hmrc accepted that an error concerning shares he gave to his father for help in setting up the polling company yougov in 2000 had been careless and not deliberate. it comes after newspaper reports that he d paid a seven figure sum and been subject to a penalty. it s understood the dispute over mr zahawi s taxes was resolved while he was serving as chancellor of the exchequer. earlier labour had called on nadim zahawi to resign. here s our political correspondent helen catt. nadhim zahawi is a seniorfigure in the government, the chairman of the conservative party, who sits in the cabinet. last year, he was for a few months borisjohnson s chancellor, in charge of the country s finances. is the hmrc still after you, sir? but since then, he s faced questions about his own financial affairs and claims he tried to avoid tax. over the summer, he dismissed claims that hmrc