PM Rishi Sunak dismisses Conservative Party chair Nadhim Zahawi following weeks of revelations about his tax affairs.
The prime minister says it is "clear that there has been a serious breach of the Ministerial Code"
Rishi Sunak ordered an investigation after it emerged Zahawi paid a penalty to HMRC while he was chancellor, over previously unpaid tax.
The investigation, led by independent ethics adviser Sir Laurie Magnus, found that Zahawi failed to meet the requirements of the Ministerial Code.
Specifically, the investigation found that Zahawi failed to declare that HMRC were investigating his taxes as a conflict of interest when he became chancellor.
Zahawi also failed to declare that he paid a penalty to HMRC when he was appointed to Liz Truss and then Rishi Sunak's cabinet, the investigation found.
In Zahawi's letter responding to his sacking, he told Sunak to expect his "full support" from the back benches.
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