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Latest updates: Caroline Nokes says Zahawi is ‘leading too many’ front pages while minister Chris Philp declines to defend Tory party chair
Good morning. Ever since it won plaudits for its coverage of the demise of the Liz Truss administration, some Westminster insiders have taken the view that the news organisation providing the most incisive and astute coverage of British politics (apart from the Guardian, of course) is the Daily Star. And this morning it has delivered its verdict on Nadhim Zahawi – not lettuce, but toast.
It is hard to disagree. Last night Caroline Nokes, a former minister who now chairs the women and equalities committee, became the first Tory MP to call for Zahawi to “stand aside” from his job at Conservative party chair while his tax affairs are being investigated by the No 10 ethics adviser.
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