devices and systems. tonight with the context, sir nigel sheinwald the former uk ambassador to the united states and bryan lanza, who was the communications director for donald trump s transition team. hello and welcome to the programme. the british prime minister says the new post brexit trading arrangements agreed with the european union on monday will address many of the concerns of the democratic unionist party. the dup, who will be crucial to the restoration of the power sharing at stormont, say they are still studying the details of the so called windsor framework. rishi sunak make his pitch to the people of northern ireland at a cocal cola factory. he said the new agreement with the eu could make northern ireland one of the most attractive, investment opoortunities in the world. it does three things. it makes sure the flow of goods around our uk internal market is really smooth with our green lane. it makes sure that northern ireland s place in the union is protected s
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
mr zahawi had to pay a penalty to settle a multi million pound tax dispute, an investigation ordered by rushi sunakfound he had broken the ministerial code. 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. our political editor chris mason reports. 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 inve