former adviser to george w bush. welcome to the programme. rishi sunak has ordered an inquiry into the tax affairs of nadhim zahawi, the man he appointed as chair of the conservative party. the ethics adviser sir laurie magnus, a former investment banker, has been asked to get to the bottom of everything , following reports mr zahawi was forced to pay a fine and millions of pounds in unpaid taxes to hmrc. it is quite the turn around. on wednesday the prime minister told the commons there was nothing further to investigate. mr speaker, my honourable friend has already addressed this matter in full, and there is nothing more i can add. but there are plenty of questions that remain unanswered. number 10 says, it was only this weekend the prime minister became aware of penalties mr zahawi had paid to the tax office, while serving as chancellor. in that role, mr zahawi was nominally, overseeing the work of the tax office. a complicating factor. integrity and accountability is rea
her predecessor, borisjohnson, left downing street earlier this morning. we have some in depth analysis of the claims he made in his final speech later in the programme. in that final address at the downing street podium, he also urged the conservative party to unite behind his successor. it s time for politics to be over, folks. it s time for us all to get behind liz truss and her team, and her programme, and deliver for the people of this country. and behind me, here on downing street, we ve seen ministers we see brandon lewis going into number ten there. we heard boris johnson earlier, calling for conservatives to get behind liz truss and her team. and we re learning more about what her team is as the evening goes on because liz truss is in the process of appointing cabinet, that s why we re seeing a range of conservatives going in through the door and bit by bit, we are learning who liz truss s top will be. top team will be. we are getting details all the time of liz t
Settlement with the chancellor of the exchequer. it is an extraordinary situation. when you asked about extraordinary situation. when you asked about these extraordinary situation. when you asked about these questions, - extraordinary situation. when you | asked about these questions, what was his response? his asked about these questions, what was his response? asked about these questions, what was his response? his lawyers sent me a letter. was his response? his lawyers sent me a letter, telling was his response? his lawyers sent me a letter, telling me was his response? his lawyers sent me a letter, telling me not - was his response? his lawyers sent me a letter, telling me not to - was his response? his lawyers sent| me a letter, telling me not to make the accusation i against him, saying i had to withdraw it, saying i mustn t publish the letter they sent me or even refer to it. that is really the only communication i got. they didn t answer my questions, or they did was
It to hmrc, didn t pay the tax. and we are absolutely sure, are we, that he was negotiating a settlement with hmrc while serving as the chancellor? hmrc while serving as the chancellor? ., ., ., , ., ., chancellor? i thought that was too far fetched to chancellor? i thought that was too far fetched to mention, chancellor? i thought that was too far fetched to mention, i - chancellor? i thought that was too far fetched to mention, i thought i i far fetched to mention, i thought i mentioned it is a possibility, but his statement makes it crystal clear. he said he realised there was a problem prop, probably initially after my first report, and it was sorted before he moved on to his next role. but that means as it must ve been while he was chancellor of the exchequer. must ve been while he was chancellor of the exchequer. of the exchequer. negotiating for himself within of the exchequer. negotiating for himself within his of the exchequer. negotiating for himself within his own
De force quoting shakespeare, he was a tour de force he quoting shakespeare, he was a tour de force. he is an impressive person and his de force. he is an impressive person and his story de force. he is an impressive person and his story is impressive. when you enter and his story is impressive. when you enter the upper echelons of politics you enter the upper echelons of politics you are expected to behave in a way politics you are expected to behave in a way which, as rishi sunak said, kind of in a way which, as rishi sunak said, kind of embodies integrity, particularly because it does feel right particularly because it does feel right now particularly because it does feel right now that this government is mired, right now that this government is mired, it right now that this government is mired, it is right now that this government is mired, it is one sleaze story after another, mired, it is one sleaze story after another, we mired, it is one sleaze story afte