Taxes

The chancellor raised suspicions by twice refusing to rule out having paid a fine, before clarifying 'for the record'.

The PM said that 'there are questions to answer' though because new information had emerged and the former chancellor had chosen to speak publicly on the saga.

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.