An ethics probe into Rishi Sunak’s financial affairs will be like the Sue Gray investigation ‘without the rigour’, Labour says.
The embattled multimillionaire chancellor is facing questions over his family’s tax arrangements, and Boris Johnson has told his ethics adviser Lord Geidt to conduct an inquiry.
Mr Sunak wrote to the PM seeking an investigation just days after The Independent revealed his wife’s “non-dom“ tax status.
There has been mounting pressure over the chancellor’s tax affairs. Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner claims Rishi Sunak has made a “catalogue of potential breaches of the ministerial code”.
She pointed out that the matter has been referred back to Lord Geidt, who confirmed last week he was “completely satisfied” with the steps the chancellor has taken to meet the requirements of the code.
Ms Rayner said: “All this has shades of the Sue Gray report but without the rigour. Will we ever see Lord Geidt’s report at all?”
In a statement on Twitter, Mr Sunak said: “I have always followed the rules and I hope such a review will provide further clarity.”
