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 chris mason. nadhim zahawi arrived in the uk as a child, unable to speak english. he became a multimillionaire and rose to be chancellor of the exchequer. but tonight, his political career and reputation is in tatters. in a 2,000 word letter to the prime minister, the government s ethics adviser is devastating in his criticism of mr zahawi. sir laurie magnus says. minutes after the prime minister had sacked his party chairman for what he called a serious breach of the ministerial code, the questions began. for a start, why hadn t he got rid of him days ago? as a general rule, i think it is important when allegations are raised that they re investigated promptly. but
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into his tax affairs. earlier, i spoke with anneliese dodds, the chair of the labour party and the shadow secretary of state for women and equalities, who has written to the prime minister calling for full transparency. i asked her whether she agreed this investigation needed to take place. i think most people looking at this from the outside would say a prime minister does not need an investigation if it is clear that one of his ministers has had to actually settle with hmrc, pay a penalty to hmrc, and that this overall amounts to millions of pounds. we did not need an investigation into this situation for the prime minister. the prime minister should have had the backbone to act, and i m afraid this is part of a broader pattern of behaviour of conservative prime ministers, including rishi sunak. rishi sunak said, he would be different, that he would have a government based on integrity and professionalism,