the chair of the conservative party nadim zahawi has confirmed that he made a payment to the tax office to settle a disagreement about his tax affairs. mr zahawi said hmrc accepted that an error concerning shares he gave to his father for help in setting up the polling company yougov in 2000 had been careless and not deliberate. it comes after newspaper reports that he d paid a seven figure sum and been subject to a penalty. it s understood the dispute over mr zahawi s taxes was resolved while he was serving as chancellor of the exchequer. earlier labour had called on nadim zahawi to resign. here s our political correspondent helen catt. do you have anything - you want to say, mr zahawi? nadim zahawi was out and about this morning, although not to talk to the press. instead, it was a cabinet colleague who defended him to the cameras, against claims he tried to avoid tax. i don t know about nadhim s personal tax affairs, i wouldn t know them, they are personal and private
national parks. hello and welcome to bbc news. the chairman of the conservative party nadim zahawi has confirmed that he made a payment to the tax office to settle a disagreement about his tax affairs. mr zahawi said hmrc accepted that an error concerning shares he gave to his father for help in setting up the polling company yougov in 2000 had been careless and not deliberate. earlier labour had called on nadim zahawi to resign. here s our political correspondent helen catt. do you have anything you want to say, mr zahawi? nadhim zahawi was out and about this morning, although not to talk to the press. instead, it was a cabinet colleague who defended him to the cameras, against claims he tried to avoid tax. i don t know about nadhim s personal tax affairs, i wouldn t know them, they are personal and private to him. but he has been very clear that he has paid all his tax due in the uk, that his tax accounts are up to date and he has engaged with hmrc. so that is the posit
the doj to conduct a search of the entire premises for potential vice presidential records and potential classified material . neither mr biden nor his wife were present during the search peter bowes is our north america correspondent. in what can you tell us? this search to base on friday, news of it is onlyjust emerged. according to mr biden s low, access was given to this provide private residence for the department ofjustice to carry out what sounds like a very exhaustive search of the entire stop officials with evermore than 12 hours, looking through private areas of the property, looking through documents and they did find six that were marked as classified. we understand some of those documents date back to mr biden s time as senator. he represented delaware for more others date vice president in the obama administration. days of the documents we don t know, just like we don t know the nature of the documents that were discovered previously at a private office used
six more classified documents have been found in the us justice department s search of president biden s home in wilmington, delaware. mr biden s attorney, bob bauer, said in a statement that the president offered access to his home, and neither he, nor his wife, were there during the search. our north america correspondent peter bowes has the details. this search took place on friday. news of it has only just emerged. we know that according to mr biden s lawyer, access was given to this private residence for the department ofjustice to carry out what sounds like a very exhaustive search of the entire property. officials were there for more than 12 hours, looking through private areas of the property, looking through documents and they did find six that were marked as classified. we understand some of those documents date back to mr biden s time as senator. he represented delaware for more than 30 years, others date back to his time as vice president in the obama administrati
six more classified documents have been found in the us justice department s search of president biden s home in wilmington, delaware. mr biden s attorney, bob bauer, said in a statement that the president offered access to his home, and neither he, nor his wife, were there during the search. (biv)0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has the details. this search took place on friday. news of it has only just emerged. we know that according to mr biden s lawyer, access was given to this private residence for the department ofjustice to carry out what sounds like a very exhaustive search of the entire property. officials were there for more than 12 hours, looking through private areas of the property, looking through documents and they did find six that were marked as classified. we understand some of those documents date back to mr biden s time as senator. he represented delaware for more than 30 years, others date back to his time as vice president in the obama adminis