for, is what did you do about it? what i did as soon as i knew about the situation was appoint somebody independent, looked at it, got the advice, and then acted pretty decisively. is the hmrc still after you, sir? the questions had been accumulating for nadhim zahawi for a while. yesterday, we got some answers. the prime minister s ethics adviser concluded he d broken the rule book for serving in government, the ministerial code, seven times for failing to spell out the truth about a run in he was having with revenue and customs. so, don t expect to see him in this street again any time soon. are you avoiding answering. questions about your taxes? currently, conservative hq here is without a chairman, they re hoping to rustle up a replacement in the next few days. nadhim zahawi is out. he s not wanting to talk to us just yet, though. what i can tell you is he is bruised and doesn t feel like there was a proper process. there are questions too, though, for rishi sunak and hisjudgement
after it emerged he paid a penalty to hmrc over previously unpaid tax while he was chancellor. he maintains he acted properly. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, reports. are your tax affairs for the parliament? are your tax affairs for the arliament? ., , ., parliament? the conservative -a parliament? the conservative party chairman parliament? the conservative party chairman nadhim - parliament? the conservative | party chairman nadhim zawahi insists he is not on his way but he is under pressure. last summer he insisted reports he was being investigated by authorities were smears. that in a statement at the weekend he said he had reached a settlement with revenue and customs over a careless but not deliberate error. they said they had not been aware until they had not been aware until the weekend that one mac had paid a penalty to the tax authorities and the prime minister s ethics adviser is now investigating whether the ministerial code was broken which requires accounta
they would be concerned. that fresh slate, a fresh start as far as they would be concerned.- they would be concerned. that it absolutely they would be concerned. that it absolutely right. they would be concerned. that it absolutely right. there they would be concerned. that it absolutely right. there are - they would be concerned. that it absolutely right. there are many tory mps who think the party has been deeply damaged by the scandals of recent months, notjust the way the allegations about chris pincher were dealt with and notjust partygate and notjust were dealt with and notjust partygate and not just those by election losses and notjust the resignation of it prime minister s ethics adviser and notjust questions over the funding of refurbishment of the downing street flat. basically this has led to a complete collapse in tory mps knowing what they are fighting for. they spent so much time firefighting accusations about the prime minister, they have not been able to get on th
acted upon by uk sport for england and british gymnastics to improve training conditions and competition conditions for gymnasts in the future. britain s katie boulter is having an excellent week at the birmingham classic tennis. on tuesday, she recorded the biggest win of her career, knocking out second seed alison riske in the first round. yesterday, the world number 141 saw off caroline garcia of france in another straight sets victory. and boulter will face the former world number one, simona halep, for a place in the semi finals after the romanian beat britain s harriet dart in straight sets. what a day for the tennis in amongst all this great weather. that s all the sport for now. relating to our top story this morning, you will know lord kite resigned, the bbc understands there was a long letter provided to downing street about it, the prime minister s ethics adviser, he quit
for northern ireland and for scotland. still dry, hotand humid, quite uncomfortable for sleeping further south across england and wales, with temperatures sitting in the mid teens. through tomorrow, another hot day, the peak of the heat likely down towards the south east, we could see temperatures of 33 degrees. things turning cooler, fresher and breezy from the north west through the day, with temperatures here around 16 to 20 degrees. bye bye. good morning. i m just getting rid of my coffee cup! hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the prime minister s ethics advisor, lord geidt, resigns a day after saying there was a legitimate question over whether boris johnson broke ministerial rules. a man confesses to killing a britishjournalist and his local guide in brazil, and leads police to where he buried the bodies. the leaders of france, germany and italy arrive in kyiv for talks, and to show their backing for ukraine long queues of ambulances outside a and e departments in englan