know the whole story. allies have also acknowledged that he paid the penalty last summer, when mr zahawi was the chancellor and in charge of the country s finances. labour has said his position is untenable, and have called on him to publish all of his correspondence with hmrc. i d like to ask the hmrc how it works when you have your boss, who s actually in trouble and being investigated. because clearly, you know, as head of the hmrc, that can t work, can it? it s still not known exactly how much mr zahawi paid to hmrc, although it s understood to be in the region of £5 million. mr zahawi may want to keep hisjob, but to do so he s likely to remain under pressure to give all of the details about his tax affairs. in the end, it may not be his call to make. helen catt, bbc news. there are calls for a parliamentary inquiry into the bbc chairman s role in a loan guarantee worth up to £800,000 for borisjohnson while he was
he has yet to come out with an answer that is satisfying, orfeels comfortable on that point. it s dealing with sums of money which are astronomical to the average voter, and it feels deeply uncomfortable. and i suspect that prime minister s questions this week will be very awkward for rishi sunak. also, the first time that nadhim zahawi has to face the media is going to be incredibly awkward too. i think at the moment he is hanging on by a thread. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has more. nadhim zahawi has held several top governmentjobs and we re told he intends to keep his current one as the conservative party chair, despite coming under pressure over claims he tried to avoid tax. on saturday, he released a statement in which he confirmed he had paid money to settle a dispute with the tax office. he said it was to do with shares he d given his dad for helping him to found the polling company yougov. he said that hmrc had disagreed about the exact allocation and that he had
and we re told he intends to keep his current one as the conservative party chair, despite coming under pressure over claims he tried to avoid tax. on saturday, he released a statement in which he confirmed he had paid money to settle a dispute with the tax office. he said it was to do with shares he d given his dad for helping him to found the polling company yougov. he said that hmrc had disagreed about the exact allocation and that he had chosen to settle the matter and pay what they said was due. he said hmrc had concluded this was a careless and not deliberate error. but he didn t confirm reports that he had also had to pay a penalty. it wasn t until sunday night that allies of mr za hawi acknowledged that. some conservative colleagues have urged him to put all of the information in the public domain. the more transparency, as early as possible, might have avoided all this speculation. if there s more to it, then he will absolutely have to stand up and take the consequences, and
for those who live the way the character does, to pitch him with dignity and with respect. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the british prime minister is facing growing pressure this morning, over allegations about the tax affairs of the conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi, as well as a separate row about the appointment of the bbc s chairman. it s emerged that former british finance minister mr zahawi paid a penalty to hm revenue & customs of around £5 million, to settle a dispute over his tax affairs. he says the error that caused it was careless and not deliberate .
will take the appropriate action. but at the moment, we don t know the whole story. allies have also acknowledged that he paid the penalty last summer, when mr zahawi was the chancellor and in charge of the country s finances. labour has said his position is untenable, and have called on him to publish all of his correspondence with hmrc. i d like to ask the hmrc how it works when you have your boss, who s actually in trouble and being investigated. because clearly, you know, as head of the hmrc, that can t work, can it? it s still not known exactly how much mr zahawi paid to hmrc, although it s understood to be in the region of £5 million. mr zahawi may want to keep hisjob, but to do so he s likely to remain under pressure to give all of the details about his tax affairs. in the end, it may not be his call to make. helen catt, bbc news. let s talk to our chief political correspondent nick eardley.