Rishi Sunak, the UK Prime Minister, was excluded from the decision-making process regarding changes to the non-domiciled (non-dom) tax status due to a potential conflict of interest related to his family. It was disclosed in 2022 that Sunak's wife, Akshata Murty, holds non-dom status, which led to Sunak being 'recused' from policy discussions on the matter. The Treasury and Downing Street confirmed that Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden stepped in for Sunak during these discussions. Furthermore, it was mentioned that Mrs. Sunak's family affairs, specifically her tax status, have been arranged to comply with the regulations, placing her assets in trust.
🔴 Rishi Sunak was “recused” from policy talks on scrapping the non-dom tax status, Downing Street has said. It was revealed in 2022 that Mr Sunak’s wife, Akshata Murty, held non-dom status. Find out more👇 https://t.co/ljdN148kTJ https://t.co/32rjwFShPO
No 10 says Rishi Sunak recused himself from policy decision on non doms and only saw it once final decision made - with deputy PM Oliver Dowden stepping in instead. https://t.co/BDqd3V3gLC
PM was "recused" from non dom decision making... Dowden had to sit in from him and PM only told about changes once decision was taken. https://t.co/G7ClAeXZ28
PM recused himself from discussion about abolition of non-dom status https://t.co/Ck5gUBrck0
🚨NEW: Rishi Sunak was not involved with talks regarding non-dom tax status to avoid a conflict of interest stemming from his wife being a non-domiciled individual [@danbloom1] https://t.co/49BYmMV82g
Rishi Sunak was excluded from the decision-making process about non-dom tax status because of his family interests, Treasury says.
Mrs Sunak has got her tax affairs in order with everything placed in trust. So the non dom status goes