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Zahawi was sacked as Conservative Party chairman in 2023 for failing to adhere to the Ministerial Code following a tax probe and his payment of £5m and a fine.

He was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment.
January 12, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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Former Conservative chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has defected to Reform UK.

(He was sacked by Rishi Sunak in 2023 after the PM’s independent ethics adviser found he’d broken ministerial rules by failing to disclose that while he was chancellor, his tax affairs were under investigation by HMRC)
January 12, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever
Sadiq Khan

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever | Sadiq Khan
Reform’s new candidate for mayor claims people pity Londoners for living in an unsafe capital. But the evidence is clear: we’re making our streets safer, says mayor of London Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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January 12, 2026 at 11:52 AM