manning picket lines across much of england and wales. former employees of the welsh rugby union have accused the organisation of having a toxic culture of sexism. i need to know that i have done one thing right with my life. and we ll hear from brendan fraser about his oscar tipped role as a morbidly obese man trying to reconnect with his family in new film, the whale. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. the prime minister has asked his independent ethics adviser to examine how the conservative party chairman and former chancellor, nadhim zahawi, settled a multi million pound tax dispute. rishi sunak says there are questions that need answers. mr zahawi says his error was careless but not deliberate, and his advisers say he doesn t intend to resign. labour however warns he needs to come clean and they re calling his position untenable . here s our political correspondent, lone wells. will you resign as party chair, mrzahawi? - few words, big questions ab
everything, to investigate the matter everything, to investigate the matter fully. but labour says mr zahawi s position is untenable and he should be sacked immediately. also tonight. the choice of richard sharp as chairman of the bbc is to be investigated following allegations that he helped organise a loan for borisjohnson shortly before his appointment. alexa, kitchen lights alexa, kitchen li-hts off. alexa, kitchen lights off. a scheme that pays households in england, wales and scotland to cut their electricity use in exchange for discounts on their bills has gone live for the first time. deux, trois, quatre, cinq. and coming up on the bbc news channel: everton s managerial merry go round continues frank lampard is sacked after less than a year in charge of the toffees. good evening. there are clearly questions that need answering about nahim zahawi s conduct. that s the prime minister s view about the colleague he appointed as chairman of the conservative party an
former adviser to george w bush. welcome to the programme. rishi sunak has ordered an inquiry into the tax affairs of nadhim zahawi, the man he appointed as chair of the conservative party. the ethics adviser sir laurie magnus, a former investment banker, has been asked to get to the bottom of everything , following reports mr zahawi was forced to pay a fine and millions of pounds in unpaid taxes to hmrc. it is quite the turn around. on wednesday the prime minister told the commons there was nothing further to investigate. mr speaker, my honourable friend has already addressed this matter in full, and there is nothing more i can add. but there are plenty of questions that remain unanswered. number 10 says, it was only this weekend the prime minister became aware of penalties mr zahawi had paid to the tax office, while serving as chancellor. in that role, mr zahawi was nominally, overseeing the work of the tax office. a complicating factor. integrity and accountability is rea
about the political direction of the government during what she described as a tumultuous time. well, that development means that liz truss has now lost two very senior members of her cabinet injust a now lost two very senior members of her cabinet in just a few days. following the sacking of kwasi kwarteng as her chancellor of the exchequer. what an extraordinary few daysin exchequer. what an extraordinary few days in prime minister s questions, in the commons a little bit early on. liz truss said she is a fighter and not a quitter, but she is under more pressure than ever now. and this is the scene, you can see it in downing street. we may be hearing from the new home secretary, grant shapps, he was a supporter of rishi sunak who lost the tory leadership to liz truss. it is interesting now that liz truss is bringing people from that wing of the party, the rishi sunak wing of the party, if you want to call it that into the top echelons of her government. let s talk to our po
director of the joint council for the welfare of immigrants. and i ask you, first of all, your reaction to the news that some other braverman is gone as home secretary. a big fan of hers? , is gone as home secretary. a big fan ofhers? , , is gone as home secretary. a big fan of hers? , ., , , , i, of hers? yes, absolutely. in her 43 very short of hers? yes, absolutely. in her 43 very short days of hers? yes, absolutely. in her 43 very short days in of hers? yes, absolutely. in her 43 very short days in office of hers? yes, absolutely. in her 43 very short days in office we - of hers? yes, absolutely. in her 43 very short days in office we saw - very short days in office we saw nothing but cruelty and chaos. she said that she dreams of deporting refugees to rwanda for christmas and announce plans to criminalise survivors of modern slavery and plan to spend over £400 million on aping new detention centres and she scuppered an india uk trade deal because of her anti mi