Nadhim Zahawi has this morning been sacked as Conservative party chairman. The Prime Minister made the decision to remove Zahawi from his government after an investigation by the Prime Minister’s independent ethics adviser found he had breached the ministerial code over his tax affairs. On receiving the report earlier today, Sunak decided that Zahawi could not remain in post now ‘it is clear that there has been a serious breach of the Ministerial Code’: ‘As a result,’ the PM wrote, ‘I have informed you of my decision to remove you from your position in His Majesty’s Government’.