Rishi Sunak has admitted he had a US green card for more than a YEAR while he was Chancellor, as Boris Johnson said he was unaware his Cabinet colleague’s wife holds the tax-reducing non-domiciled status.
The Prime Minister backed the Chancellor as doing an 'outstanding job' on Friday and denied damaging leaks about the Sunaks’ tax affairs were coming from within No 10.
Mr Sunak released a statement admitting holding a permanent resident card to the States until around October – 12 months after becoming Chancellor, in February 2020.
He has been under scrutiny after it emerged his wife Akshata Murty, estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of pounds, holds the non-dom status exempting her from paying tax in the UK on foreign income.
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk