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the conservative party chair nadhim zahawi to be sacked, following reports in the guardian, unverified by the bbc, that he has paid a penalty to the tax authorities as part of a settlement related to his tax affairs. layla nathoo has been explaining mr za hawi s background. he was a successful businessman before he went into politics. he was one of the co founders of the polling company yougov, and the questions centre on whether mr zahawi tried to avoid paying tax by using an offshore company to hold shares in yougov. now, the sun on sunday had reported he d agreed to make a seven figure sum payment to the tax authorities to settle a dispute and today, the guardian have reported that as part of that settlement, he s agreed to pay a penalty, taking the total tax bill, according to the paper, to almost £5 million. now we have not been able to verify those claims, but a spokesman for mr zahawi did not deny the reports of a tax settlement when asked.

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