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Download Solution PDFOn which of the following, proved charges the Finance Minister Nadhim Zahawi was sacked from the Government in February, 2023 by the British P.M. Rishi Sunak?
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Option 3 : Tax Scandal
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- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the chairman of his ruling Conservative Party over a "serious breach" of the ministerial code.
- Nadhim Zahawi had been under fire for allegedly settling a multimillion-dollar unpaid tax bill while in charge of the country's Treasury.
- Zahawi, the founder of polling website YouGov, had acknowledged a dispute with tax authorities, but argued his error was "careless and not deliberate."
- The British media reported the settlement came to almost 5 million pounds ($6.2 million).
- Zahawi headed the U.K. Treasury from July to September 2022 in the final months of Boris Johnson's time as prime minister.
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