China News Agency, Beijing, January 30th, London News: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on the 29th local time that Nazim Zahavi was dismissed as a cabinet minister due to "serious violations" of the code of conduct for cabinet ministers.
According to Sky News, Sunak wrote in a letter to Zahavi that day that the independent ethics consultant Magnus' investigation into Zahavi's personal financial problems showed that Zahavi "clearly and seriously violated the "Code of Conduct for Cabinet Ministers" and therefore decided to remove him from the Cabinet.
At the same time, Zahavi's position as chairman of the Conservative Party was also removed.
The Associated Press reported that Zahavi, the co-founder of the British polling company YouGov, failed to pay the government due capital gains tax after he sold his company shares worth about 27 million pounds.
Since April 2021, Zahavi has been investigated by HM Revenue and Customs and paid a fine to the agency during his tenure as chancellor of the exchequer last summer.
According to Reuters, Magnus pointed out in the report released on the 29th that Zahavi did not declare the tax investigation when he was appointed as the finance minister last year, and did not declare it when he was appointed by Truss and Sunak. Declare that he was fined by the tax agency.
Magnus said Zahavi had shown "insufficient attention" to "being a leader who is honest, open and an example" in public life.
According to reports, Zahavi admitted that there was a tax problem, but argued that the mistake was "careless rather than deliberate".
Zahavi briefly served as chancellor of the exchequer in Johnson's government from July to early September last year, and then continued to serve in the cabinet in the Truss government.
After Truss resigned as prime minister, Zahavi was appointed by the new Prime Minister Sunak as a cabinet minister and chairman of the Conservative Party in October last year.
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