Just over 48 hours after details of her overseas tax regime leaked, Akshata Murty admitted that her affairs had become a “distraction” and that the situation was “incompatible” with her husband’s role as chancellor. However, Murty will retain her non-resident status and will continue to benefit from India’s policy of not taxing inheritance. • Matthew Parris: Envy of wealth should not stop Sunak from No. 10 It represented a dramatic reversal of the couple’s position. Sunak had dismissed criticism of his wife’s tax regime as unfounded slander, and Merti suggested he could not pay UK taxes because of her Indian citizenship.
