UK FM Rishi Sunak claims ‘smear’ campaign over wife’s tax status

UK FM Rishi Sunak claims ‘smear’ campaign over wife’s tax status

British finance minister Rishi Sunak has accused critics of mounting a “smear” campaign against his wealthy Indian wife, whose substantial foreign earnings are shielded from UK taxes. The Labour opposition has accused Sunak of “breathtaking hypocrisy” after he raised taxes on ordinary Britons in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. But the chancellor of the … Read more