Rishi Sunak: Whitehall inquiry launched into leak of chancellor's wife's tax status

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Akshata Murty dramatically announced on Friday that she would pay UK taxes on her global income, adding in a statement that she didn't want the issue 'to be a distraction for my husband'.

'Chancellor is completely out of touch'The Whitehall investigation is already under way, PA news agency understands.

According to The Sunday Times, the chancellor's team believe a Labour supporting official dubbed"red throat" is responsible for the leak. But sources close to Mr Sunak have played down reports that he has moved his wife and two daughters out of the chancellor's residence in Downing Street to escape the glare of the media.

 

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Members of Government and immediate family should be UK citizens and residents. Personally I think all the tax rules should apply too, like second homes not being claimable!

Good for her.

Keep banging the drum. Of course if she didn’t have to why would she?

She’s done nothing wrong leave her alone

Not saved, once she puts through UK tax system, she just applies for credit which legally she is entitled to given India/UK DTA

Keep using the same story all day, coz..

Does she help out at food banks or gave the £20m to deserving charities🤔!? The money she has avoided paying to the treasury would have helped to feed & heat so many deserving UK families / single parents for many months. The older I get I see we live in a very unfair society

Can the Conservatives please publish a list of all their statuses - whose a Dom / Sub etc…,

*Entirely legally.

What a waste of Taxpayers money. Funny this is being wasted on behalf of the non tax payer

Well if she is going to pay that back put it towards the NHS & cancel the rise in National insurance tax 🤔

Shameless

So what, change the rules if you don’t like them as no rules were broken.

Doesn't the website not say you are protected by law & should not be treated unfairly or lose your job for Whistleblowing if it is in the public interest RishiSunak Is it not in the public interest to hold you to account Rishi?

Make sure BorisJohnson is not implicated ? Not a sausage !

If his wife is a private citizen like he keeps telling us, how is she entitled to a Whitehall enquiry? I've got some questions, can you set up one for me too? Sunak is definitely lacking judgement. Joe Public Nothing

The krays want an enquiry into who grassed them up as well. Why does it matter WHO leaked this? It's not the leak that is the issue it's the fact that the CHANCELLOR'S wife is not paying the tax she should be!!! Some brass neck these untouchable torys.RishiSunak

Is there no end to this blokes political naivety?

More wasted money

There should be an investigation into why non-domiciled status is permissible in 2022.

Since when did exposing tax evasion become a crime?

She saved 20m lol it’s better to sacrifice the people…save you masters 🤣

High class of England ! 😉

If the leak takes as long as this, we are in for a long wait🙄

Pity they don't put as much enthusiasm into running an effective non corrupt government as oppose to seeking out those that air their dirty dealings.

I hope there are going to be more leaks. Joe public needs to know what is running this Country!

The inquiry should be why it wasn’t known & investigated earlier along with why the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the UK Govt was technically a US Green Card holder. The leak was in the public interest & should have been public in the first instance.

Conservativeparty it should be conmenparty this has got to be the worst government in history. 15 tax rises, broken manifestos, robbing the poorest,partygate, laughing at those bereaved families while partying,lying ministers and NadineDorries the vilest woman in politics

All assets and tax status of MPs and their families should be publicly declared annually.

By sue gray, I hope. Zzz

So not Sunak is not bothered about the immorality of this behaviour just that someone had the guts to expose it.😡😡

Why should an enquiry be held on facts it’s a total waste of money a leak is a leak accept it you’ve been found out !

Should be transparent anyway!

Soo bored of a non story, plenty going on around the world.

It was a whistleblower...

Let’s hope the inquiry also releases exactly how much money they have defrauded the United Kingdom off.

Instead of investigations into Whitehall no doubt at the tax payers expense why doesn’t he use his time make sure his wife pays full tax in the country she resides in! Stop spending more of our money investigating why you can no longer hide yours!

Quicker than Partygate I bet.

That's racist

What about an inquiry into all the other previous leaks from Whitehall?

It wasn’t a leak. It is a conflict of interest and should have been public knowledge a long time ago

Big ass ears! Wow!

They should be focusing on why it was allowed to happen in the first place

The Tory party will have to get the broom out again to sweep more under the carpet.

Is this to find the person who leaked details of the ‘criminals’ and give them a reward. How many more tories are stealing British taxpayers money?

What happened to the inquiry into the leaking of Hancock's CCTV?

It should not have to be Leaked they should have been Open & Honest in the first place .

Dont lie and take public for mugs then RishiSunak and who is paying for this? Only you care about the result no one else

I wonder who could have possibly leaked it……….. operation save big dog in action 👀

Wait….. Conservatives have done a lot of criminal offences but they have lied to the country. RishiSunak wife has saved £20 million from not paying taxes. This is the scandal in government for you.

Cressida Dick to lead the investigation.

Lets punish the whistleblower instead of msking him and his greedy wife pay more taxes like the rest of us!

So once again, not what he has done but who told on him?! Shameful

GAOL or Deport her

I see.. Find out who told on my unethical behaviour so they can be punished

Again , they're only sorry because the truth came out .

M’Lud, my client demands an inquiry into how his hypocrisy was exposed

Typical inquiry into the leak but no inquiry into them both have US residency status or how that effects the Non Dom status regarding India or the wider tax affairs of our chancellor and his wife. This is completely perverted, ignore the crime and focus on who told us about it

Oh no, someone's told the press I'm a lying hypocritical jug eared twat, and now I won't be able to con my obscenely rich friends out of even more money, whatever am I to do.

Probably the office boy or girl who got a party gate fine leaked it .🤔

Best thing to come from this is he will never be PM

Wat who Narrh nothing to see here

And they'll have the findings by next week 😂

10 Downing Street.. getting more like Coronation Street.

I just don’t understand how there’s an investigation into the leak and not into what actually happened

Why does the financial status of the chancellor’s immediate family have to be leaked and not disclosed before appointment and secondly why should revealing that information lead to any issues? ShamelessTories

Is this why he's applied for status as a US citizen? Looks like she's gonna need that dirty money for plastic surgery, you punched below your weight their Rishi!

Guilty as fucking sin. 💀

Couple of carpet bagging foreigners leaching of this country.

Who is paying for that? She better be getting her hand in her pocket. ThievingScum

thank god he's going...

There all rats on the take so take your pick

Hint, hint, it was by a team led by Joris Bothson. Or something like that.

Boris in the dining room with the dagger

Elites setting their own rules, they should be respected.

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