London, Apr 24 (PTI) An inquiry by the UK’s parliamentary standards watchdog into the process followed by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak when declaring wife Akshata Murty’s business interests was extended in its scope on Monday.
The UK’s Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards had opened the inquiry under Paragraph 6 of the ‘Code of Conduct’ last week, in relation to Sunak declaring Murty’s shares in a childcare firm which stood to benefit from a Spring Budget announcement last month.
In an update on the watchdog’s website on Monday, it emerged that the inquiry has been extended to cover Paragraph 13 as well which relates to disclosure about the inquiry itself.
