Sunak to investigate Zahawi over tax row

Rishi Sunak has said he did not know Nadhim Zahawi had agreed to pay a million-pound penalty to the taxman when he made him Conservative Party chairman. The Prime Minister issued his first public criticism of Mr Zahawi over the matter yesterday, and asked his ethics adviser to investigate. The developments raised fresh questions about why Mr Sunak was unaware of the facts when he appointed Mr Zahawi and why he defended his colleague in the Commons last week.