Keir asks Rishi Sunak if job of PM is 'too big' for him

Keir asks Rishi Sunak if job of PM is 'too big' for him

HUFFINGTON POST

Keir Starmer has asked Rishi Sunak whether the job of prime minister is “too big” for him.

In combative exchanges during PMQs on Wednesday, the Labour leader accused Sunak of being too “weak” to sack Tory chairman Nadhim Zahawi.

Zahawi is under an ethics investigationover whether he broke ministerial rules over an estimated £4.8 million tax bill he settled with HMRC while serving as chancellor.

He has refused demands he resign from his current job and Sunak has ignored calls for him to fire his cabinet ally.

A week ago, Sunak told MPs that Zahawi had “already addressed the matter in full”.

But Downing Street later revealed the PM had not been aware that Zahawi had paid a penalty to HMRC as part of the settlement when he appointed him Tory party chair…

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