the prime minister had asked his ethics adviser to investigate. sir laurie magnus reported back this morning. his findings were highly critical. in a letter to rishi sunak he said from april 2021 nadhim zahawi should have understood that he was under investigation by hmrc. he went on to say that nadhim zahawi failed to disclose relevant information, in this case the nature of the investigation and it outcome of a penalty. he concluded that his admissions amounted to a serious failure to meet the high standards set out in the ministerial code. in a one page letter, the prime minister sealed nadhim zahawi s fate. he said it was clear there had been a serious breach of the ministerial code and that he was sacked from the government. the ethics adviser was also critical of what he labelled an untrue statement from nadhim zahawi, that he echoed in an interview last july. i was clearly being smeared. i was being told that the serious fraud office, that hmrc are looking into me. i m
surely, to stick his neck out in that way. we have to wait and see, haven t we? brute that way. we have to wait and see, haven t we? haven t we? we also can t assume he s telling haven t we? we also can t assume he s telling the haven t we? we also can t assume he s telling the truth. haven t we? we also can t assume he s telling the truth. exactly - haven t we? we also can t assumej he s telling the truth. exactly what i am saying is, we need to have this investigated i need to see, in full, what rishi sunak new at that point and what had been declared at that point and what the staff and private secretaries for example were aware of and were passing on to the prime minister before he made the decision to put nadeem zahavi in the role. i don t think we can assume that anyone is definitely telling the truth in this circumstance and till we see an investigation. police in memphis have disbanded a special crime unit involved in the death of 29 year old tyre nichols. protests took
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Former Treasury Secretary Rishi Sunak and Undersecretary for International Trade Penny Mordaunt received the necessary number of votes to participate in the second round of elections for the British Prime Minister.