the prime minister had asked his ethics adviser to investigate. sir laurie magnus reported back this morning. his findings were highly critical. in a letter to rishi sunak he said from april 2021 nadhim zahawi should have understood that he was under investigation by hmrc. he went on to say that nadhim zahawi failed to disclose relevant information, in this case the nature of the investigation and it outcome of a penalty. he concluded that his admissions amounted to a serious failure to meet the high standards set out in the ministerial code. in a one page letter, the prime minister sealed nadhim zahawi s fate. he said it was clear there had been a serious breach of the ministerial code and that he was sacked from the government. the ethics adviser was also critical of what he labelled an untrue statement from nadhim zahawi, that he echoed in an interview last july. i was clearly being smeared. i was being told that the serious fraud office, that hmrc are looking into me. i m
completely unsustainable that he would continue in post so i think it makes rishi sunak look weak, the fact he kept him in post while the investigation was ongoing and essentially the investigation was confirming what had already been reported. confirming what had already been re orted. , ,., ., confirming what had already been reorted. , ,., ., , reported. there is something to be said for a belt reported. there is something to be said for a belt and reported. there is something to be said for a belt and bay reported. there is something to be said for a belt and bay - reported. there is something to be said for a belt and bay braces i said for a belt and bay braces approach where you let your ethics adviser do thejob approach where you let your ethics adviser do the job he s approach where you let your ethics adviser do thejob he s been appointed to do. i adviser do the job he s been appointed to do. adviser do the job he s been a- ointed to do. ~ . , appointed to do. i
surely, to stick his neck out in that way. we have to wait and see, haven t we? brute that way. we have to wait and see, haven t we? haven t we? we also can t assume he s telling haven t we? we also can t assume he s telling the haven t we? we also can t assume he s telling the truth. haven t we? we also can t assume he s telling the truth. exactly - haven t we? we also can t assumej he s telling the truth. exactly what i am saying is, we need to have this investigated i need to see, in full, what rishi sunak new at that point and what had been declared at that point and what the staff and private secretaries for example were aware of and were passing on to the prime minister before he made the decision to put nadeem zahavi in the role. i don t think we can assume that anyone is definitely telling the truth in this circumstance and till we see an investigation. police in memphis have disbanded a special crime unit involved in the death of 29 year old tyre nichols. protests took
losing his job- losing his “ob. if you look at he details a losing his job. if you look at he details a number losing his job. if you look at he details a number of losing his job. if you look at he details a number of occasion i losing his job. if you look at he | details a number of occasion on which nadhim zahawi broke the ministerial code and i think there are about seven according to newspaper reports, so it s extraordinary that he had an opportunity after opportunity to declare a conflict of interest and at times he was chancellor of the exchequer while at hmrc was running an investigation into him and he chose not to be transparent about his affairs and the question is, dependent investigation into him as soon as he got the details of that and decided he had to be sacked. but the question for rishi sunak is why he did not act sooner and there were a number of troubling details about his tax affairs that have been in the public domain for days and it s
gavin williamson and and there was a lot of speculation about dominic rob being investigated for bullying and we now know the number of complaints is investigated for number into the 20s, so a big number, so depending on what that investigation finds there is the chance he might have to go in the next few weeks as well. and i think the question for rishi sunak is, a lot of this stuff, maybe he did not know about nadhim zahawi, but gavin williamson and dominic rob, a lot of these claims have been in the public domain for quite a long time but he still appointed to cabinet. ., ~ , ., long time but he still appointed to cabinet. ., ~ , ., , long time but he still appointed to cabinet. ., ~ , ., , . long time but he still appointed to cabinet. ., ~ ,, , . ., cabinet. thank you very much for “oininu cabinet. thank you very much for joining us- earlier i spoke to kirsty blackman from the scottish national party about what she made about mr za hawi s resgination. it shouldn t have taken