Sunak rapped over wife’s childcare interest

When your wife is worth £500 million, it can be tough to keep remember all her interests. Back in April, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, Daniel Greenberg, announced a probe into Rishi Sunak. It followed a Liaison Committee meeting in which Sunak did not mention the shares Akshata Murty held in the company Koru Kids, which was set to benefit from changes announced in the budget.

Now Greenberg has delivered his report and ruled that Sunak ‘inadvertently’ broke the code of conduct for MPs by not correctly declaring his wife’s financial interest in the childminding company. Greenberg ruled that Sunak ‘confused’ declaring his interests as a minister with registering his interests as an MP, with the list of interests for members of the government compiled separately from the registration of interests that all MPs have to maintain.

Good luck remembering that at your next select committee grilling Rishi…