Standards Commissioner Daniel Greenberg said Sunak broke the code of conduct for government ministers, but said the mistake was "inadvertent" and that the prime minister should not be sanctioned for the error.
was chided by Parliament's standards guardian on Thursday for failing to declare his wife's financial interest in a childcare firm that stood to benefit from government policy.
Greenberg opened an investigation in April over Sunak's failure to declare when questioned by a committee of lawmakers that his wife.British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was chided by Parliament's standards guardian on Thursday for failing to declare his wife's financial interest in a childcare firm Greenberg said Murthy's shareholding "was a relevant interest that should have been declared." But he said the failure stemmed from confusion about the rules rather than an intent to deceive.Akshata Murthy, held shares in the company Koru Kids, which had been selected to receive government support for childcare firms.The finding follows a string of ethics breaches by members of Britain's Conservative government.
Standards Commissioner Daniel Greenberg said Sunak broke the code of conduct for government ministers, but said the mistake was "inadvertent".
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