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the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi says hell continue to support the prime minister from the backbenches and criticised journalists for the way they reported his tax affairs. heres our political correspondent chris mason. nadhim zahawi arrived in the uk as a child, unable to speak english. he became a multimillionaire and rose to be chancellor of the exchequer. but tonight, his polit...

mr zahawi had to pay a penalty to settle a multi—million pound tax dispute, an investigation ordered by rushi sunakfound he had broken the ministerial code. mr zahawi says hell continue to support the prime minister from the backbenches, and criticised journalists for the way they reported his tax affairs. our political editor chris mason reports. nadhim zahawi arrived in the uk as a child, unable to speak english. he became a multimillionaire and rose to be chancellor of the exchequ...

an attack on the southern ukrainian city of kherson by russian troops. three people are killed. scotlands prison service announces an "urgent review" of all transgender cases in its prisons. the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi had to pay a penalty to settle a multi—million—pound tax dispute. an investigation ordered by rushi sunakfound he had broken the ministerial code. mr zahawi...

Flammable cladding helped the fire spread quickly up its 2a stories. hundreds of other tower blocks across the country are wrapped in the same or similar flammable materials — in part, the government admitted today, because of lax building safety laws. it was collective over many years... it was a collective failure of government? yeah, totally. and it was a failure to effectively have a system of building regulations which could keep people safe. tomorrow, ill be publishing a contract which w...

The fire in this high—rise apartment block was the worst of its kind in the country in living memory. 72 people lost their lives. flammable cladding helped the fire spread quickly up its 2a stories. hundreds of other tower blocks in the country are wrapped in the same or similar flammable materials — in part, the government admitted today, because of lax building safety laws. it was collective over many years... it was a collective failure of government? yeah, totally. and it was a failure t...

To scrutinise what labour is doing in government. it is really important for peoples faith in politics. that is the chair of the labour party, anneliese dodds, speaking to me a little earlier. the housing secretary, michael gove, has accepted that the failure of successive governments to implement safety regulations over many years was partly to blame for the grenfell tower fire. 72 people died in the incident in 2017. new rules could see developers banned from the market, if they fail to fix un...