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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the chairman of the governing Conservative Party on Sunday for a “serious breach” of ethics rules in failing to come clean about a tax dispute. Know more:

LONDON—British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the chairman of the governing Conservative Party on Sunday for a “serious breach” of ethics rules in failing to come clean about a tax dispute.

In a letter to Zahawi, Sunak said he had been forced to act to keep his promise that his government “would have integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level.”In his response to Sunak, Zahawi pledged to support the prime minister as a backbench lawmaker and made no reference to the ethics inquiry.

Last week he asked the government’s standards adviser, Laurie Magnus, to investigate Zahawi’s tax affairs and said he would wait for the results before acting. The Magnus report found there should have been an understanding from the outset that the matter was serious. It said this was not reflected in public statements given by Zahawi, until he confirmed on January 21 that a settlement had been reached.

The stories are fuel for opponents who accuse Sunak—a former investment banker who is married to the daughter of an Indian billionaire—of leading a government of the wealthy that is out of touch with the struggles of ordinary people.

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