The sacking of Nadhim Zahawi as Tory party chairman over a penalty he was forced to pay to HMRC dominates Monday's papers. The Financial Times notes that an inquiry found Zahawi had committed "serious breaches" of the ministerial code and says the move represents a "significant U-turn" for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who only weeks ago insisted Zahawi had "addressed this matter in full". The paper also described the episode as only the "latest political scandal to hit the ruling party". 

"He's nad sorry at all", reads the headline in the Metro. The paper describes Zahawi as "unrepentant", noting that a letter he published after the sacking failed to mention the tax case or express regret, and that he instead used it to take a "swipe at the British press that exposed him". Zahawi previously threatened to sue journalists probing his taxes, and in the letter criticised a headline about the affair in the Independent last week which read: "The noose tightens".

The Mirror says the affair shows the Conservative Party is "rotten to the core", quoting one Tory as saying: "You cannot move for dirt". The prime minister is also criticised for "failing to do the right thing earlier".

The sacking came after "weeks of damaging headlines [that] undermined the prime minister's attempts to restore government integrity", according to the Guardian. The paper notes that Zahawi is the second cabinet minister to go within Sunak's first three months in the job, adding that any hopes he may have of moving on could soon be scuppered by the conclusion of an internal inquiry into bullying allegations against his deputy, Dominic Raab.