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Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi to stand down at next election

09 May 2024 2 minute read
Former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi. Photo Liam McBurney PA Images

Former chancellor and education secretary Nadhim Zahawi has announced he will not stand at the next general election.

The MP for Stratford-on-Avon revealed the news in a resignation letter posted to X, formerly Twitter.

He said: “After 14 years in Parliament, and multiple roles in Cabinet and Government, I have come to the decision not to stand again at the next general election.”

Mr Zahawi said he would continue to serve his constituents until the next election and that “the Prime Minister, and the Conservative Party, will continue to have my unswerving support into and beyond the next general election”.

Proud

He said was proud that his constituents could confide in him, adding: “Whether they are struggling against the dead hand of bureaucracy, or are stricken by tragedy, being able to help them in their time of need remains one of the most meaningful things I have ever done”.

Mr Zahawi was education secretary from September 2021 to July 2022 and had a short stint as chancellor of the exchequer between July and September 2022.

In 2023, Rishi Sunak sacked Mr Zahawi as Tory Party chairman after an ethics inquiry found he had broken the Ministerial Code several times over his tax affairs.

Mr Zahawi is the 65th Tory MP – out of a total of 344 Conservatives in the Commons – to have announced they will not stand at the next election.


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Jeff
Jeff
5 months ago

Part of his leaving letter is how proud he is that a boy from Baghdad made it to the top of the UK government. Just to remind him, his government will now try to send that little boy to Rwanda as soon as he is discovered in the UK.

This is very interesting on the person. Only in the Cons eh?
https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/01/19/zahawi_story/

Steve Woods
Steve Woods
5 months ago

Stable genius to leave politics to spend more time with his horses.

Fi yn unig
Fi yn unig
5 months ago

Another rat jumping off the sinking ship. Plop! There he goes. ‘NEXT’!

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