UK Conservative Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi acknowledged being “careless” with his tax affairs and said he settled a bill over shares in a polling company he co-founded, seeking to defuse a controversy threatening to knock Rishi Sunak’s government off course.
The issue adds to the perception that Sunak’s party is out of touch with the struggles of ordinary Britons during a record squeeze on living standards. It surfaced when Zahawi was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer last July. At the time, he sought to shut down questions on the matter as a personal smear.
