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
what there was by way of planning from departments. the e mail sent from departments. the e mail sent from dominic cummings and text messages, well, what messages he sent, it s clear that the civil contingencies secretariat had not been able to, firstly, provide it essential plan other than this action document or been able to obtain plans from the other departments and provide them to number ten. that was a serious error, was it not? the secretariat wasn t resource error, was it not? the secretariat wasn t resource to error, was it not? the secretariat wasn t resource to hold error, was it not? the secretariat wasn t resource to hold these - error, was it not? the secretariat l wasn t resource to hold these plans a resource to hold these plans across many departments. it was lead governing departments that were responsible not only for their own plans but for ensuring that the departments who would be supporting them on a risk area for which they were responsible had p
Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 1am in paris, where the two candidates hoping to be president of france have been going head to head in the final Television Debate of the election. The latest polls suggest the centrist Emmanuel Macron is well ahead of his far right rival Marine Le Pen but his lead has narrowed. Both are competing to win over undecided voters ahead of the final vote on sunday. James reynolds has been watching the debate. He calls her the candidate of hate. She says he has no qualities. Tonight, they meet. Emmanuel macron, the frontrunner, wont want to slip up. Hes standing as a pro eu, Pro Immigration Centrist and hes protecting a clear lead in the polls. Marine le pen, from the front national, is trying to bring him down. I asked her what she wanted from the debate . Translation what do i expect from the debate . Some clarification from mr macron. Hes still being very vague. And tonight, on french tv, the two candidates faced one another and
Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 1am in paris, where the two candidates hoping to be president of france have been going head to head in the final Television Debate of the election. The latest polls suggest the centrist Emmanuel Macron is well ahead of his far right rival Marine Le Pen but his lead has narrowed. Both are competing to win over undecided voters ahead of the final vote on sunday. James reynolds has been watching the debate. He calls her the candidate of hate. She says he has no qualities. Tonight, they meet. Emmanuel macron, the frontrunner, wont want to slip up. Hes standing as a pro eu, Pro Immigration Centrist and hes protecting a clear lead in the polls. Marine le pen, from the front national, is trying to bring him down. I asked her what she wanted from the debate . Translation what do i expect from the debate . Some clarification from mr macron. Hes still being very vague. And tonight, on french tv, the two candidates faced one another and