Bridget Phillipson responding to the sacking of Nadhim Zahawi

Bridget Phillipson, Shadow Education Secretary, responding to the sacking of Nadhim Zahawi said:

“Nadhim Zahawi failed to pay the taxes he owed in this country and tried to silence those who spoke out about it. Despite the writing on the wall, the Prime Minister showed himself to be too weak to act. Rishi Sunak should have sacked Nadhim Zahawi a long time ago, just as he should have acted over Dominic Raab and Suella Braverman, but in his weakness he promoted them.

"The reason this keeps happening is we have a Government whose only principle is party first, country second. The Tories are governing in their own interests, with a Prime Minister who is trying to manage his MPs, rather than govern in the national interest. It's vital that we now get answers to what Rishi Sunak knew and when did he know it. We need to see all the papers not just have the Prime Minister's role in this brushed under the carpet.

"Britain deserves better than this which is why we need a Labour government focused on a fairer, greener, more dynamic Britain.”