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Sunak Fires Zahawi Citing ‘Serious’ Ethics Breach Over Taxes

  • PM says probe of Zahawi tax situation has been concluded
  • Zahawi had acknowledged he’d been ‘careless’ with his taxes
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired Nadhim Zahawi, citing “serious” breaches of ethics rules after revelations about the Conservative Party chairman’s tax affairs made his position untenable. 

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