The prime minister is already being looked into by the parliamentary commissioner over whether he failed to declare an interest regarding his wife's finances, but now he faces an additional probe over disclosing information about the ongoing investigation.
But a spokesperson insisted the interest had been"transparently declared", saying the PM would be"happy to assist" Mr Greenberg with his inquiry.with a footnote showing Ms Murty's Koru Kids shares.However, Number 10 continued to insist it had been a long-standing declaration by Mr Sunak, saying:"We have been very clear that the prime minister has taken his obligation to declare everything very seriously, he has done that for a number of years.
It says:"Members must not disclose details in relation to: any investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards except when required by law to do so, or authorised by the Commissioner; nor the proceedings of the Committee on Standards or the Independent Expert Panel in relation to a complaint unless required by law to do so, or authorised by the Committee or the Panel respectively.
Asked about the new strand to the inquiry, the PM's official spokesman said they had only"pointed to what has been said previously" in public remarks.Second Benton probe The commissioner also confirmed on Monday that he had opened a second investigation into former Tory MP Scott Benton over whether he had undertaken"actions causing significant damage to the reputation of the House as a whole, or of its members generally".
Mr Benton had the Conservative whip removed - meaning he now sits as an independent MP - earlier this month after a sting operation by The Times newspaperThe commissioner announced an initial investigation into the Blackpool South MP on 11 April over whether he had breached paragraph 16 of the code of conduct, described as"use of facilities [parliamentary email address] provided from the public purse".
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