Civil servants are debating whether Nadhim Zahawi, the chancellor, should be permitted to speak at next Tuesday's event if he remains in contention for the Tory leadership, Sky News learns.
The Mansion House dinner, one of the City of London's most important annual events, has been thrown into flux by the Conservative Party leadership contest as civil servants deliberate over whether the new chancellor, Nadhim Zahawi, should be permitted to speak at it.
Sky News has learnt that Tom Scholar, the Treasury's permanent secretary, is in discussions with Cabinet Office officials about whether Mr Zahawi would have an unfair advantage by speaking at the dinner if he remains in the race by next Tuesday. The Mansion House dinner, to which hundreds of senior financiers, business leaders and government officials are invited, is one of the City's key showpiece events.
The chancellor, governor of the Bank of England and Lord Mayor of the City of London traditionally make keynote addresses, and usually make significant policy announcements.City sources said on Wednesday that if Mr Zahawi was eliminated from the contest by the end of this week, the dinner was likely to proceed as envisaged.
However, if he remains in contention to become the next Tory leader and prime minister, there is growing doubt about whether it would go ahead - at least with him present.
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