Rishi Sunak has broken his silence in the row over his millionaire wife's tax affairs, accusing critics of 'smearing his wife to get at him'.
Labour MP Jess Phillips told LBC earlier that criticism over the chancellor's wife's non-domicile status is "completely legitimate".
"This is the man who creates the tax laws in our country, and talks to ordinary people in my constituency about how they've got to put their hands in their pockets." Heiress and businesswoman Akshata Murty is an Indian citizen and pays around £30,000 a year for non-domicile status — meaning she can live here but not pay UK tax on income she earns abroad.
"But what it comes down to is, my wife was born in India, raised in India. Her family home is in India, she obviously has a very close connection. She has investments and a career independent of me.“It wouldn’t be reasonable or fair to ask her to sever ties with her country because she happens to be married to me. She loves her country. Like I love mine, I would never dream of giving up my British citizenship. And I imagine most people wouldn’t.
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