The Chancellor said he understood what it felt like to have your wife ‘attacked’ but joked: ‘At least I didn’t slap anyone.’
The cabinet minister has come under pressure over his wife, Akshata Murthy, having a 0.91% stake in Infonys, a company founded by her father which continues to operate in Russia.Chris RockSpeaking to the BBC’s Newscast podcast, Mr Sunak said: ‘I think it’s totally fine for people to take shots at me. It’s fair game. I’m the one sitting here and that’s what I signed up for.’supports HTML5 video
Infosys, a multinational software giant, has kept what it calls a ‘small team of employees based out of Russia’ following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.A statement from the company, which was founded by Ms Murthy’s billionaire father NR Narayana Murthy, said that the firm did not have ‘any active business relationships with local Russian enterprises’.
Shadow Cabinet Office minister Fleur Anderson said: ‘The Chancellor has asked businesses to think very carefully about any investments that would in any sense support Putin and his regime.supports HTML5 video
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