The Zahawi libel story isn’t over – his lawyer is appealing
In July 2022, I wrote that I thought Nadhim Zahawi had lied about his taxes. I was right. Nadhim Zahawi
5 August 2025
In July 2022, I wrote that I thought Nadhim Zahawi had lied about his taxes. I was right. Nadhim Zahawi
Nadhim Zahawi’s attempt to silence me has now resulted in disciplinary action for his lawyer. This is a short piece
Baroness Mone introduced a company, PPE Medpro, to the “VIP fast lane” for supplying PPE to the Government during the
I wanted to try and scotch what I think are three wrong takes on the whole Zahawi business. So a
Everyone is talking about the £3.7m tax which Nadhim Zahawi carelessly failed to pay. Perhaps not enough people are talking
UPDATE: this was written right after Zahawi issued his statement on 21 January. The timeline in that statement is contradicted
It’s increasingly likely that Nadhim Zahawi should have paid £3.7m in tax at some point after 2005, but didn’t. What
UPDATE: this was written on 19 January, and I haven’t updated it. We subsequently learned (thanks to the Guardian) that
That’s the obvious inference of this astonishing story in today’s Sun. On the face of it, this confirms my investigation
Back in July, I reported that Nadhim Zahawi, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, had founded YouGov using a tax avoidance
The SRA has warned solicitors to stop sending libel letters which falsely claim to be confidential, and mustn’t be published.
Nadhim Zahawi responded to an innocuous tweet with a libel threat. He refuses to answer any of the many, many
I’ve told Zahawi’s lawyers I’m going to accuse him of lying to Kay Burley in his Sky News interview back
Last month, the Chancellor of the Exchequer instructed lawyers to write to me, accusing me of libel and requiring me
I’m going to keep this as a running list of the key questions Nadhim Zahawi is ducking. Any one of
This morning I wrote to the Solicitors’ Regulatory Authority, asking them to end the practice of solicitors sending libel letters
This is a slightly wordy explanation that I’ve written primarily for lawyers who are curious why an experienced lawyer would
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nadhim Zahawi, has been sending threatening letters, drafted by expensive lawyers, to people investigating his
Nadhim Zahawi has provided a series of unsatisfactory answers about his tax affairs. At least two are provably false (and
Nadhim Zahawi founded YouGov, but took no shares in it. A Gibraltar company, Balshore Investments, did instead. Zahawi says this