Latest updates: Conservative government under pressure over revelations Zahawi paid penalty to settle tax dispute while in cabinet

Nadhim Zahawi has arrived at the Conservative party’s HQ in Westminster this morning, PA Media reports. The Tory chairman said “Morning!” to the press gathered outside. He then went inside the building.

Good morning. Since the end of the second world war, UK governments have generally been brought down by economic/financial crises (1970, 1974, 1979, 2010) or sleaze/ethics crises (1964, 1997). The current Conservative government is on course to fail on both.

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