Readers on the sacking of the Tory party chair after he was found to have breached the ministerial code by failing to declare an HMRC investigation into his tax affairs
Now that Nadhim Zahawi has been sacked, having been found to be in serious breach of the ministerial code (Nadhim Zahawi sacked as Tory party chair over tax affairs, 29 January), surely the big question to ask is: how much UK tax has he avoided, albeit legally, by investing his wealth in overseas tax havens? And how many other MPs and government ministers also avoid UK tax by this method of investment? The ministerial code needs to be updated to question if it is morally acceptable for ministers to legally avoid tax while they are responsible for raising taxes from the rest of us, who are not rich enough to use this loophole.
Rob Tidbury
Paulton, Somerset
• I suppose we should not be surprised that Nadhim Zahawi’s resignation letter to the prime minister contains not a hint of apology, let alone any recognition that he had done something wrong. But then, in his letter to Zahawi, the prime minister could not bring himself to ascribe to Zahawi, in terms, the serious breach of the ministerial code unearthed by the ethics adviser. It was just “there has been a serious breach”. Never apologise, never explain. Remind me, who said that?
Valerie Bayliss
Sheffield
