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The permanent secretary at the tax office Jim Harra also said HMRC would 'help with the inquiry' into the Tory Chairman 'in any way we possibly can' if requested by Rishi Sunak ethics adviser

Jim Harra says his officials will help ‘in any way we can’ with ethics inquiry into Tory chair’s tax affairs

Tory chairman announces decision amid continued row over his tax affairs

The House Ethics Committee and Santos’s own colleagues could have the final say

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Rishi Sunak faced a barrage of questions over Nadhim Zahawi’s tax dispute from Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer during Prime Minister’s Questions. Despite the PM’s spokesperson saying last week that Mr Zahawi had already addressed the matter in full, Mr Sunak admitted earlier this week that there are “questions that need…

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has ordered his ethics chief Sir Laurie Magnus to launch an investigation into Nadhim Zahawi's tax affairs as he scrambles to quell a fresh Tory sleaze row

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said George Santos, the embattled freshman representative from New York, could be removed from office if the chamber’s Ethics Committee determined that he had broken the law — but not until then.

The Ethics Committee will decide Santos’ fate, the speaker said.

U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn has settled a lawsuit, filed by a former employee who claimed the Colorado Springs Republican abused his power, ignored COVID-19 safety protocols and let his son live in the basement of the U.S. Capitol.

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