UK: Tory Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi sacked over tax affairs row

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has fired the Conservative Party chairman.

It comes after an investigation into Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs found he seriously breached ministerial rules when he was chancellor.

Questions remain over whether Sunak should have known earlier about Zahawi’s tax dispute.

Al Jazeera’s Nadim Baba reports from London.

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