Seven occasions when Nadhim Zahawi broke the ministerial code

Timeline: the times when Rishi Sunak’s ethics adviser said Zahawi failed to be open about his tax affairs

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The prime minister’s ethics adviser, Sir Laurie Magnus identifies seven occasions on which Nadhim Zahawi breached the ministerial code by failing to be open about his tax affairs:

April 2021: HMRC commences its investigation of Zahawi’s tax affairs, which includes a meeting with him and his tax advisers in June 2021. Zahawi, who was a business minister at the time, told Magnus he was under the impression he was “merely being asked certain queries”. Magnus says he should have understood it was a “serious matter”, informed his permanent secretary, and disclosed it in his ministerial declaration of interests.