in pakistan, killing at least 41 passengers. and, the princess of wales launches a new campaign close to her heart the importance of early childhood. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, has sacked the chairman of his conservative party, nadhim zahawi. his dismissal comes after an independent investigation of mr zahawi s tax affairs. these have been the subject of growing controversy since it emerged that he had to pay a penalty to the tax authorities. the prime minister said it had become clear that there has been a serious breach of the ministerial code . mr sunak received the report from sir laurie magnus, the independent adviser on ministers interests. sir laurie told the prime minister that certain omissions by mr zahawi fell short of the standards that ministers are expected to abide by. he concluded, i consider that these omissions constitute a serious failure to meet the standards set out in the ministerial code. i consider that mr zahawi, in holding the hi
expediting the license for authorising the use of weapons for civilians. a bus has plunged into a ravine in pakistan, killing at least 41 passengers. novak djokovic has won his tenth australian open tennis tournament, beating greece s stefanos tsitsipas in straight sets in the men s final. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, has sacked the chairman of his conservative party, nadhim zahawi. his dismissal comes after an independent investigation of mr zahawi s tax affairs. these have been the subject of growing controversy since it emerged that he had to pay a penalty to the tax authorities. the prime minister said the investigation made clear that there has been a serious breach of the ministerial code . mr sunak received the report from sir laurie magnus, the independent adviser on ministers interests. sir laurie told the prime minister that certain omissions by mr zahawi fell short of the standards that ministers are expected to abide by. he concluded, i consider t
also, lawrie magnus goes into the detail of an interview nadhim zahawi gave where he said that it was smears to say that hmrc were looking into him. lawrie magnus said this wasn t as open and transparent as a government minister is supposed to be. this report went to the prime minister and it looks like the prime minister took quite swift action on this. he wrote in this letter to nadhim zahawi that there has been a serious breach of the ministerial code. as a result, i have informed you of my decision to remove you from your position in his majesty s government. this was all going on moments before michael gove, the government minister who was out on the airwaves this morning talking on behalf of the government, was on the laura kuenssberg programme. he had to immediately respond to this. here s what he had to say. when facts emerged about the position in which nadhim found himself, the prime minister said that we need an independent investigation. sir lawrie magnus who, as you pointe
that it was smears to say that hmrc were looking into him. lawrie magnus said this wasn t as open and transparent as a government minister is supposed to be. this report went to the prime minister and it looks like the prime minister took pretty swift action on this. he wrote in this letter to nadhim zahawi that there has been a serious breach of the ministerial code. as a result, i have informed you of my decision to remove you from your position in his majesty s government. this was all going on moments before michael gove, the government minister who was out on the airwaves this morning talking on behalf of the government, was on the laura kuenssberg programme. he had to immediately respond to this. here s what he had to say. when facts emerged about the position in which nadhim found himself, the prime minister said that we need an independent investigation. sir lawrie magnus who, as you pointed out, is the independent adviser on ministerial standards, on ethics, was asked to look