The UK parliament’s standards commissioner has opened an investigation into Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over allegations that he failed to declare a financial interest correctly.
The investigation, which became public on Monday, comes after complaints that Sunak failed when discussing increased funding for childcare to mention that his wife, Akshata Murthy, held shares in Koru Kids, a company that could benefit from the enhanced funding.
In line with normal practice, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, Daniel Greenberg, gave no details of the allegation beyond saying which section of the code it involved.
His section of the parliamentary website said the investigation was into an allegation under paragraph six of the parliamentary code. The paragraph relates to the declarations that members of parliament are required to make about any financial interests they or close family members have in an issue under discussion in parliament.
The website said the investigation was opened on Thursday April 13.