Akshata Murty says she realises many felt her arrangements were not ‘compatible with my husband’s job as chancellor’
• Sunak defends wife’s tax status as Labour and No 10 deny leak
Rishi Sunak’s wife, Akshata Murty, bowed to pressure to pay UK taxes on Friday night, after Boris Johnson said he had been unaware she was a “non-dom” and fresh questions emerged over the couple’s tax affairs.
With Sunak’s position under increasing threat, Murty said she realised many people felt her tax arrangements were not “compatible with my husband’s job as chancellor”, adding that she appreciated the “British sense of fairness”.
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