The Prime Minister is under investigation for declaring his interests

A new controversy To the Prime Minister British. Rishi Sunak, which has pledged to demonstrate integrity and transparency, is under parliamentary inquiry into possible shortcomings in declaring its interests, the committee responsible for monitoring representatives said on Monday. The investigation was officially launched last Thursday. Often beaten for his luckDeclaring potential interests in an “open and honest” manner is specified in the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament.

According to British media, the commission is particularly interested in the shares of a childcare company owned by Rishi Sunak’s wife. Akshata Murthy, the wealthy heir of an Indian businessman. However, the agency is likely to benefit from massive new support for childcare that the government announced in its latest budget in mid-March. Downing Street responded that “we are happy to clarify that (the commission) has been expressly informed in the Prime Minister’s announcement of interest” from the Prime Minister, rather than his expressed interest as a Member of Parliament.

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Already last year, Rishi Sunak was at the center of a controversy when he was finance minister after the press reported that his Indian-origin wife had benefited from favorable tax status. He was cleared of breach of ministerial rule, but his wife soon announced that she was relinquishing this position, which allowed her to avoid paying taxes to the British tax authorities on her overseas income.

Rishi Sunak is one of the wealthiest members of parliament, thanks to his background in finance, and his fortune is often targeted by the Labor opposition, which has criticized him for being out of touch with the problems of the British in the midst of the crisis. Cost of living. His tax returns, which he released last month in a bid for transparency, showed he had overpaid a million pounds (1.13 million euros) in tax over the past three years.

20 minutes with AFP