Improvement UK Leader Nigel Faraj The standards of Parliament are being investigated by the guards, it has emerged.
An investigation has been opened in “registration of interest”.
Nigel Faraj told Independent The investigation was opened after a complaint from a member of the House of Lords, but said: “It is not with any undeclared income”.
A spokesperson of Nigel Faraj said that, after the complaint, “the commissioner is doing his work for the standards”.
According to the official website of the Commissioner, the investigation was opened on 28 July, and is under Article 5 of the Code of Conduct.
It says that “members should fulfill the requirements of the House regarding the registration of interests in the register of financial interests of the members. The new members must register all their current financial interests, and any registration benefits (apart from earnings), and the members will have to register any changes in those registered interests within 28 days.”
Earlier this month, the commissioner found that Rahel reeves Was unknown Failure to declare gifts violated the rules of Parliament On time.
Chancellor Was investigated Free theater on tickets, which she failed to add to the register of her interests within 28 days.
He Grigged “one oversight” for her initial failure To declare gifts Ballet shoes In national theater on Christmas
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