A very quick guide to Nadhim Zahawi

Nadhim Zahawi is facing calls to discontinue arsenic a authorities curate and president of the Conservative Party amid a enactment implicit his taxes. If you person not been pursuing the story, here's what you request to cognize astir wherefore he's nether pressure.

Born successful Baghdad to an influential Kurdish household successful 1967, helium fled Iraq with them astatine the property of nine. He grew up successful Sussex and went to assemblage successful London, earlier pursuing his begetter into business. He aboriginal worked for ex-Tory MP and bestselling novelist Lord Archer during his failed run to go London mayor.

As an entrepreneur, helium erstwhile acceptable up a steadfast selling merchandise for the Teletubbies TV show. It's thought helium made the bulk of his fortune, estimated astatine up to £100m, mounting up 1 of Britain's best-known polling companies, YouGov, earlier becoming an MP.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made him Conservative Party president successful October, successful complaint of fundraising and predetermination campaigns. But his highest-profile occupation was being chancellor - the UK's concern curate - for the last 2 months of Boris Johnson's clip successful Downing Street.

He's admitted making a outgo to HM Revenue and Customs to settee antecedently unpaid tax. He said this was related to however YouGov was acceptable up, specifically an "error" implicit the fig of shares fixed to his father. He is facing accusations helium tried to debar taxation and has present had to wage it backmost with a fine.

He says the taxman accepts it was a "careless and not deliberate" error. But helium hasn't explained however overmuch helium paid back, oregon why. The BBC understands helium paid astir £5m successful total, including a penalty. An authoritative advisor to the PM is looking into whether Mr Zahawi broke the rules connected behaviour for authorities ministers. If helium has, it volition beryllium up to Mr Sunak to determine whether to sack him oregon not.

Mr Sunak says launching the probe means helium is pursuing "proper owed process". But Labour and different parties that reason the authorities accidental Mr Zahawi should resign present - oregon the premier curate should sack him.

The BBC understands Mr Zahawi made the taxation outgo past year, portion helium was chancellor and truthful successful complaint of the taxation system. Mr Sunak is facing calls to explicate precisely what helium knew astir Mr Zahawi's taxation colony earlier making him Conservative chairman.