Explainer: UK chancellor Rishi Sunak's tax row 

Tensions between No 10 and the Chancellor have increased after the spring statement was criticised for not doing enough to help address the cost-of-living crisis

UK chancellor Rishi Sunak. File Picture: Aaron Chown/PA

Rishi Sunak has faced continued criticism over his tax arrangements and business affairs despite his wife, Akshata Murty, announcing that she will now pay foreign taxes on her UK income.

In a bid to fend off questions over his family’s finances, the UK chancellor referred himself to Boris Johnson’s independent adviser on ministerial interests.