Nadim Zahawi has been warned to clear up his tax dispute with HMRC soon as Labour ramp up the pressure on the former Chancellor.
‘It’s going to take a Labour government to clean up this mess, drain the swamp – because, frankly, it stinks,’ she told the BBC.
The 55-year-old confirmed he paid a settlement, saying HMRC officials concluded he had made a ‘careless and not deliberate’ error. But Labour has accused the government of failing to address the issue after Mr Zahawi refused to answer further questions.And Sir Iain, speaking to the BBC, said: ‘I’m always of the view that the sooner you can get the actual facts out the better. I would say to him, get it all out now and clear it up. I genuinely don’t believe this is a man who’s deceitful.’
Foreign secretary James Cleverly, who carried out a series of TV interviews yesterday, denied Mr Zahawi had done anything wrong but said he did not know the details because he had been ‘having a bit of a rest and doing some shopping’ after a diplomatic trip to the US and Canada. Simon Case, the cabinet secretary, is facing calls to oversee an investigation. Lawyers for Mr Zahawi had reportedly previously threatened to sue journalists writing about his tax affairs.
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