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Were you asleep when... "The Chancellor and his wife have been embroiled in a tax row after it was revealed Ms Murty doesn't pay UK taxes on her overseas income.
In a dramatic U-turn, less than 48 hours after her non-domicile status was revealed, Ms Murty volunteered to pay UK income tax on her worldwide income, despite not being required by law to do so.
She said she was aware that her tax arrangements did not seem compatible with "the British sense of fairness" in a statement released on Friday evening.
Ms Murty, who lives with the Chancellor at 11 Downing Street, said she doesn't want her tax status to be a "distraction" for her husband.
She will retain her Indian citizenship and her non-domicile status.
Ms Murty said it has become clear that "many do not feel it is compatible" with her husband's role as Chancellor of the Exchequer."
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