UK Tory Chairman Nadhim Zahawi Sacked Over ‘Serious Breach’ of Ministerial Code

Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi leaving the Conservative Party head office in Westminster, central London, on Jan. 23, 2023. James Manning/PA Media

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has fired Conservative Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi after an ethics inquiry into the handling of Zahawi’s tax affairs found a “serious breach” of the Ministerial Code.

In a letter to Zahawi, Sunak said that, following the investigation, “it is clear that there has been a serious breach of the Ministerial Code.”