Rishi Sunak ordered his ethics adviser to investigate Mr Zahawi, who briefly served as chancellor last year, over an estimated £4.8m bill he settled with HMRC during his time running the Treasury.
But his ethics adviser, Sir Laurie Magnus, has found Mr Zahawi "has shown insufficient regard for the General Principles of the Ministerial Code and the requirements in particular, under the seven Principles of Public Life, to be honest, open and an exemplary leader through his own behaviour". "As a result, I have informed you of my decision to remove you from your position in His Majesty’s Government."
He wrote: "I consider that an HMRC investigation of the nature faced by Mr Zahawi would be a relevant matter for a Minister to discuss and declare as part of their declaration of interests. But when he was appointed Chancellor during the mass exodus of cabinet members at the tail end of Boris Johnson's demise as PM, Mr Zahawi made no reference to the investigation when he declared his interests.
Why is this cheat still an MP?
Yes, and nothing in his letter about how he tried to SLAPP journalists and investigators into silence, either. Nadhim Zahawi was Conservative Party CHAIR - the head of an entire bunch of corrupt grifters.
Arrogant self serving spiv.
Lest we forget . Rishi was best man at Wedding of James Forsyte (Of The Spectator) and Allegra Stratton ,(scapegoat for Boris - partygate.)
Bit late to save face.
Why PMs first coming out in defence of these controversial figures, they have to go and they ultimately go, then why all these fuss?
The whole political system is corrupt. It's just this one has been found out. We need a new system in this country and those currently scamming the country sacked
Glad to see Sunak acted quickly once the report was in . He gave Zahawi the chance to see whether his misdemeanour was serious enough for a sacking which IMO was the right thing to do,as Zahawi didn't offer his resignation.
What Talentless cretin will take his place
Yes but what's the serious breach?
Finally!
Next he should be sacked as an MP
It’s a start
Took long enough
ShelaghFogarty So this means we again have a PM who doesn't know what's going on, appoints the inappropriate and supports the guilty until they're forced to act. The Tories need to be gone and our system of accountability overhauled, starting with PR. GeneralElectionNow
Now here comes the usual excuses from Sunak “I didn’t know about” 1 week later “Okay I knew about it but I didn’t know the magnitude” 1 week later “Okay I knew the magnitude but not until I’d already hired him” 1 week later “Okay I knew before I hired him, but…”
Speaking of breaking ministerial code RishiSunak Why is Suella Braverman the Home Secretary? SuellaBraverman
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Maybe he needs to be arrested now.
I’d have a tiny bit more respect for this zombie government if he’d had the whip withdrawn from him as well, considering there had been ‘a serious breach of ministerial code.’
Shame… the media get their way again. The country is ungovernable.
Maybe sacked as Tory party chairman but still a sitting MP, corruption in public office should result in removal from any public office and the loss of any pension or severance package.
Well done carolvorders . I'm not sure if this would have happened without your efforts. Thank you.
But he's still happy for him to be a tory MP? Just out of the spotlight
Braverman? Raab? Johnson Patel? He is very weak. All the list have broken the code but remain with a whip or in the cabinet!!!!
Brilliant one down , who’s next Raab , Johnson or Braverman
Now strip him of his place in the Parliament of an MP!!
Sleazy greedy scumbags
So when does the criminal enquiry start
Good riddance
So Sunak’s new government will act with honesty and integrity. Didn’t last long did it. Zahawi’s just a crook in a suit & tie
Late by 8 days. A failed Conservatives yet again. GeneralElectionNow
Is this even bad optics anymore for this party, nobody resigns with honour and integrity, they lie, steal and cheat until they get forced out. Look at Raab and Braverman, still here 🤬
Karma is sweet 😊
The crook nadhimzahawi has finally been sacked. Now the rest of the rotten, corrupt, ToryScum need to go.
We all knew he was dodgy!!!! Shame on him!! They are all dodgy and will be found out soon over the biggest lies mankind has ever lived through! My Grandma is 75 next year and she didn’t fight two world wars for this
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