HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on Saturday admitted to “administrative errors” as a report said the tax office last year stated no government minister was under investigation when Nadhim Zahawi was.
It comes as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak resisted pressure to sack Zahawi, who is now the Conservative Party chairman, from his Cabinet.
According to the Financial Times (FT), the HMRC told the publication on June 23, 2022, that no ministers were under investigation while Zahawi, who was the education secretary at the time, was being probed. This was less than two weeks before Zahawi was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer following Sunak’s resignation….