Keir Starmer links Zahawi controversy to Sunak family’s taxes at PMQs

Rishi Sunak faces mounting pressure to take decisive action against

, as the focus on the Conservative party chair’s finances started to shift to the prime minister’s own tax situation.labelled Sunak “hopelessly weak”, the PM’s press secretary initially refused to say whether Sunak had, like Zahawi, ever paid a tax penalty to HMRC, saying this was “confidential”.Sunak is seen as particularly vulnerable over tax issues after

that his wife, Akshata Murty, claimed non-domiciled status to avoid paying millions of pounds in tax on dividends from her family’s IT empire., Sunak avoided a question from Starmer about Zahawi paying a tax penalty connected to the sale of shares in YouGov, the polling company he co-founded, while he was chancellor under Boris Johnson.

The Labour leader responded by openly taunting Sunak: “We all know why the prime minister was reluctant to ask his party chair questions about family finances and tax avoidance.” The SNP’s Westminster leader, Stephen Flynn, joined the mockery with a question referencing Sunak’s tax history, as well as Zahawi’s, and“What advice would he have for individuals seeking to protect their personal finances?” Flynn asked.

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