Rishi Sunak goes into the weekend facing questions from the media, Labour and some Tories over the tax status of his wife Akshata Murty. On Wednesday night, the Independent reported that Murty has non-dom status, meaning she does not have to pay UK tax on income earned abroad. Her spokesperson has confirmed that she pays £30,000 a year to retain that status having suggested that it was assigned to her as she did not want to give up her Indian citizenship.