Tory Cabinet minister Michael Gove investigated by Parliament’s sleaze watchdog
Tory Cabinet minister Michael Gove has been positioned underneath investigation by Parliament’s requirements watchdog.
The probe, opened on Wednesday, pertains to the Housing Secretary’s register of economic pursuits, in keeping with the Standards Commissioner’s web site. It is just not identified what the investigation pertains to.
The particulars of investigations by the Standards Commissioner, Daniel Greenberg, are saved confidential till the inquiry is concluded and people underneath investigation are barred from discussing the allegations.
Mr Gove, who’s the MP for Surrey Heath, returned to Government as Housing Secretary when Rishi Sunak grew to become PM in October 2022. He’d been sacked from the job just a few months earlier after falling out with Boris Johnson.
MPs are required to register donations they obtain in addition to freebies equivalent to company hospitality of the Register of Members’ Financial Interest.
A spokesman for Mr Gove declined to remark.
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