accountability and professionalism above everything. so there is continued scrutiny over his actions as far as labour is concerned as to when he knew and what she knew about nadhim zahawi s tax affairs and whether there was an investigation ijy whether there was an investigation by hr mc for he appointed him as a conservative party chair. downing street was reassured there were no outstanding issues at that point and we know the matter was settled by then but labour is attempting to keep the pressure on rishi sunak and saying he needs to give more detail about what he knew previous to that. downing street said they are negative getting into private conversations. negative getting into private conversations. , conversations. integrity you say is ke for conversations. integrity you say is key for the conversations. integrity you say is key for the prime conversations. integrity you say is key for the prime minister - conversations. integrity you say is key for the prime minister yet
rishi sunak says he acted pretty decisively when the former conservative party chairman, nadim zahawi, was found to have broken the ministerial code. labour has called on the prime minister to clarify exactly when he became aware that mr zahawi had paid a penalty to hmrc. joining me now is our political correspondent, jonathan blake has this issue going away for the prime minister or not? i’m has this issue going away for the prime minister or not? has this issue going away for the prime minister or not? i m not sure it has. prime minister or not? i m not sure it has- clearly. prime minister or not? i m not sure it has. clearly, rishi prime minister or not? i m not sure it has. clearly, rishi sunak- it has. clearly, rishi sunak would ve liked to draw a line under things. he answered questions this morning with nhs staff and questions from the media where he was asked about his handling of nadhim zahawi second. he defended what he did and said he acted swiftly and decisively hav
the headlines firefighters have voted to go on strike for the first time in 20 years, following a dispute over pay. the health secretary announces £1 billion to tackle delays in nhs emergency care, but critics say there won t be enough staff, despite thousands of extra hospital beds. today, together with an interest we are sitting out times to reduce waiting time. at least 47 people have been killed and 150 others injured in a blast in the pakistani city. rishi sunak defends his handling of allegations about nadhim zahawi tax affairs, saying he acted pretty decisively and sacking him.