Rishi Sunak vows to be first PM since Cameron to publish tax return

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The PM and his wife, Akshata Murty, are sitting on an estimated combined fortune of about £730 million.

Mr Sunak said he would have “no problem” releasing documents about his individual tax affairs.

David Cameron in 2016 released a summary of his tax returns between 2009 to 2015 following a row over his personal finances.

Theresa May published a tax summary during the Conservative leadership contest a few months later, but did not repeat the process once she entered No 10.

Boris Johnson released his tax details when he was Mayor of London but also declined to produce them in Downing Street.

Mr Sunak said “Yes, of course” he would be willing to publish his full tax return.

He added: “That is the established precedent and I’d be very happy to follow the precedent.

“In terms of timing, I will have to speak to the Cabinet Office and figure out the right way that happens. But yeah, I have no problem doing that.”

Questioned on whether this will happen within his first year as PM, he said: “Yes, of course.”

Pressed on whether it would be before Christmas, he said: “I have to talk to the Cabinet Office to check on the precedent for how those things happen, but I have absolutely no trouble doing it.”

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