millions of people around the world prepare for lunar new year. and britain s andy murray is out of the australian open. he lost to spain s roberto bautista agut in four sets in what could be his last time at the tournament. the uk conservative party chairman, nadhim zahawi, has responded to reports that he had to pay a penalty as part of a multi million pound tax settlement. in a statement, the former chancellor said the tax office had disagreed about the exact allocation of shares his father had in the polling company yougov, which mr zahawi founded. he said hmrc, which is the uk s tax authority, had concluded it was a careless and not deliberate error, and that he had paid what was due. labour had earlier called for mr zahawi to resign over the matter. let s go through all of this, there is a lot of detail here. reminders to the background of all of this. for almost a week, nadhim zahawi has been under pressure to give more detail about his tax affairs. there is one centr
potentially avoiding capital gains tax, having put those shares in the offshore firm, and on top of that paid the penalty because of the mistake that was made. there was a report yesterday on the guardian newspaper that claims the total amount paid was £4.8 million. the sun on sunday made the initial report last weekend that mist and zaha we had indeed paid a settlement to hmrc while, to end this potential dispute. we have had no denialfor mr zaha ui and dispute. we have had no denialfor mrzaha ui and his dispute. we have had no denialfor mr zaha ui and his team about those two central claims and very little detail until now other than a short statement saying his taxes were up to date and he had effectively paid what he owed. figs up-to-date and he had effectively paid what he owed. up-to-date and he had effectively paid what he owed. as we were coming on air, we paid what he owed. as we were coming on air. we had paid what he owed. as we were coming on air, we had this paid wh