Exclusive: Ex-Tory standards chief says Zahawi should step aside during tax row probe 🔺paulwaugh reports
that the Prime Minister ought to give a ministerial post to Conor Burns, who stepped aside and was then cleared of a charge of misconduct.
“That will give a clear signal to a minister who was under fire causing distraction for the rest of the Government, but who believed he was innocent, to actually stand back, allow the story to go off the front pages, knowing that he could be rehabilitated. “I think that’s one of the lessons that one might draw from recent problems. Otherwise, there’s an incentive to hang in there, [say] ‘I’m innocent’, and the story just doesn’t go away. And it becomes a real distraction. It’s impossible for the minister to do his or her job.”
His comments echo those of former ministers Jake Berry and Caroline Nokes, as well as Conservative peer Lord Hayward, who have all suggested Mr Zahawi should step aside while independent ethics adviser Sir Laurie Magnus assesses any breach of ministerial rules. Lord Young also urged the publication of Sir Laurie’s full report into Mr Zahawi. “We’ve been promised a summary. Well, I would quite like to see the whole report. And if it’s necessary to redact something because it’s confidential, fine,” he said.
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