Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner tweeted: "Wonder why he's chosen today?" It also came on the day that MPs voted on a key aspect of the prime minister's renegotiated Brexit deal, the Stormont brake, which passed by 515 votes to 29 despite a rebellion from some of his own MPs and members of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). It was revealed that his wife, Akshata Murthy, had claimed non-dom status - allowing her to avoid UK tax on her vast foreign income, derived from her father's Indian firm, Infosys.įollowing a significant backlash over his tax affairs, Murthy renounced her non-dom status and said she would pay UK tax on all her worldwide wealth to stop the issue from acting as a "distraction for her husband".Ĭritics were quick to point out that Mr Sunak's return was published on a busy day of news and while the privileges committee investigation into whether Boris Johnson misled MPs over partygatewas in full swing. Mr Sunak came under pressure to publish his tax return after his financial affairs came under the spotlight during his failed leadership campaign against Liz Truss.
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