the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi says he ll continue to support the prime minister from the backbenches, and criticised journalists for the way they reported his tax affairs. here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart he arrived in the uk as a young refugee before becoming a successful businessman. he served as the vaccines minister, rising to become chancellor, this morning he was chairman of the conservative party but his ministerial career now lies in tatters. he had faced questions for some time about his previous tax affairs and the fact he paid a penalty to hmrc while he was in charge of the treasury. he insisted he acted appropriately throughout. 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 zaha
it s good he s done something now but it could have been quicker. how much more but it could have been quicker. how much more of but it could have been quicker. how much more of an but it could have been quicker. how much more of an imperative is therefore rishi sunak to make decisions about other matters of conduct where they might exist? absolutely. i think he needs to act swiftly and decisively on dominic rob s position. it s been weeks and months since he has been investigated dominic raab. it is right to look into the detail of a bullying allegation, unlike with zahawi who had an hmrc investigation although it is not complete, but what is clear to me is that dominic raab has denied it was ever raised with him yet to permanent secretaries in different departments have said it was, so again there is a question of truthfulness here. it s not great when you have your party chairman, your deputy prime minister and your home secretary, who broke the ministerial code a few