to share details of his tax affairs that are normally shrouded in confidentiality, because that s the way it works in the uk. that is why apparently the prime minister didn t know anything about this. ..with the ethics adviser to the prime minister, who is crawling all over some elements of this to work out if nadhim zahawi, as the conservative party chairman and minister without portfolio, has broken the rule book, the ministerial code. so, mr zahawi clearly thinks that this detail from the tax man will help corroborate his argument that says, look, yeah, there is a conversation with hmrc and i did get clobbered for a massive tax bill, and the penalty for being careless but not deliberate in how he handled his tax affairs. the prime minister is still saying, let s wait ethics adviser to do his work, some in government saying hope he gets a move on, because meanwhile you ve basically got a party chairman who is kind of padlocked in his office, because he can t really s
of the liberation of the auschwitz birkenau death camp, the day honours all those murdered by the nazis during the second world war. you re watching bbc news. now it is time for newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s adam in the studio. and chris in the studio. and we re going to bejoined in the studio by lots of interesting guests on this episode of newscast. but first of all, chris, give us an update on what is happening with the tax affairs of nadhim zahawi, the tory party chairman, who was chancellor, of course. yeah, so he has now said that he is willing for revenue and customs, the tax people, to share details of his tax affairs that are normally shrouded in confidentiality, because that s the way it works in the uk. that is why apparently the prime minister didn t know anything about this. ..with the ethics adviser to the prime minister, who is crawling all over some elements of this to work out if nadhim zahawi, as the conservative party chairman and m
countries like india, with both sides effectively bidding and trying to persuade india, whether that s in relation to energy or defence spending, orwhatever relation to energy or defence spending, or whatever it is. we will come back to that, let s go back to the uk, to your paper, camilla, the telegraph, and their take on the rail strikes. the real strikes are being a huge disruption across the country, which looks like they will do. what is the telegraph pots line? it s looking at the impact the rail strikes it s looking at the impact the rail strikes will have on the health system, strikes will have on the health system, on the nhs, and on patients. we got system, on the nhs, and on patients. we got a system, on the nhs, and on patients. we got a warning here from the health we got a warning here from the health secretary, sajid javid, saying health secretary, sajid javid, saying these rail strikes will put patients saying these rail strikes will put patients
One we take its really seriously. Has absolutely nothing to do with any negotiations inside the house of commons. Let me on this Pointjust Reaffirm the fact that we have begun at the highest level. The british promises adviser, my deputy in these negotiations. I think this shows its own right we put on this issue. Given the range of the technical issues at stake, i think it is very much justified issues at stake, i think it is very muchjustified in our issues at stake, i think it is very much justified in our dialogue. Issues at stake, i think it is very muchjustified in our dialogue. The dialogue should indeed represent a safeguard to all concerned. We are very much consisted to this as a priority. I wont pick up on but the political discussion within the United Kingdom is of course very interesting. It is not the only one i follow, it is one i follow closely of course. I have known david davis for quite some time. In fact, we go back to 1995. European Affairs Ministers in the United