Nadhim Zahawi has denied threatening to quit if he were not appointed to chancellor.

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The minister told Sky News it would have been easier to walk away after two leading cabinet ministers, Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak, resigned on Tuesday evening following the latest scandal involving allegations against Chris Pincher

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