Nadhim Zahawi was ranked among the country’s  biggest tax offenders last year

NADHIM Zahawi was  ranked among the country’s  biggest tax offenders last year, The Sun on Sunday can reveal.

The Tory Party chairman paid at least £4.8million — including a £1.1million penalty —  to settle his  dispute with HMRC over capital gains tax.

Now, it has emerged that the size of the payout by Mr Zahawi was one of the highest agreed  by tax officials last year.

A source said: “In any given year £1million would be a big sum for basic tax avoidance by an individual.