Sunak faces questions over wife’s non-dom tax status

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is facing calls to “come clean” on his family’s financial affairs after it emerged his wife benefits from a tax-saving scheme.

Akshata Murty has non-dom status, meaning she does not have to pay UK tax on income earned abroad.

Ms Murty earns money from shares in an Indian software giant founded by her billionaire father.

Her spokeswoman said she pays all tax due in the UK – but Labour called for “complete transparency”.

Sir Keir Starmer said Rishi Sunak had “very serious questions to answer” about his family’s finances.

“If it now transpires that his wife has used schemes to reduce her tax, while he’s been increasing taxes on working people, that’s breathtaking hypocrisy,” said the Labour leader.

It “just goes to show just how out of touch this chancellor is” at a time when taxes were increasing for millions of workers, he added.