Nadhim Zahawi is damned by the report into his tax affairs
There has rarely been such a comprehensive breach of the code of ministerial conduct.
Robert Peston is ITV News’ political editor and presenter of ITV’s Wednesday night politics show Peston. Founder of the education charity Speakers for Schools, and vice president of Hospice UK, he has written four books: How Do We Fix This Mess?, Who Runs Britain?, Brown’s Britain and WTF? Robert has won more than 30 awards for his journalism, including Journalist of the Year and Scoop of the Year (twice) from the Royal Television Society.
There has rarely been such a comprehensive breach of the code of ministerial conduct.
HMRC boss Jim Harra has added sharper focus to the inquiry by the prime minister's ethics adviser Magnus into Zahawi's tax affairs, Robert Peston writes.
The question that will determine whether Zahawi stays in government is whether the he was as open and honest about his tax affairs as he should have been.