James Cleverly – ‘I don’t know’ any more detail about Zahawi’s taxes
This morning was always going to be tough for whichever minister was landed with the morning media round. So followed an hour or so of pain for the Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, who was asked to address two highly inconvenient issues of integrity for the Sunak administration. Laura Kuenssberg raised the issue of the Conservative party chairman Nadhim Zahawi, who has reached a settlement with HMRC over his tax affairs, amounting to a recovery of £4.8 million:
BBC Chairman has ‘a wealth of experience’
Sophy Ridge bought up the case of the BBC Chairman Richard Sharp, who the Sunday Times has reported helped to arrange an £800,000 loan for Boris Johnson before he was appointed to the post:
Nicola Sturgeon – UK government should not ‘weaponise’ trans people
Kuenssberg also pre-recorded an interview with Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
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