LATEST on the missing Register of Ministers’ Interests
Cabinet office now telling me we won’t see an updated register for ‘weeks’
...despite a week ago saying it’ll be published as soon as the ethics advisor is appointed. That happened last week
It’s now 5 months late
Cabinet office now telling me we won’t see an updated register for ‘weeks’
...despite a week ago saying it’ll be published as soon as the ethics advisor is appointed. That happened last week
It’s now 5 months late
The reason given? Lord Geidt has decided to link the register to his probe into Boris and Carrie’s Downing Street flat refurb
So until he’s concluded that, we won’t see the updated list on any ministers’ interests
So until he’s concluded that, we won’t see the updated list on any ministers’ interests
It also means we will not see what - if anything - Boris Johnson put in his declaration on the refurb since The last register on July 2020
Because Lord Geidt will advise him what to say, following the result of his probe into the flat
Because Lord Geidt will advise him what to say, following the result of his probe into the flat
Labour’s @RachelReevesMP called on the government to publish the register last month
She made clear in a letter to Michael Gove that the ministerial code requires the publication ‘twice yearly’ as part of transparency commitments
But it’s now been delayed again
She made clear in a letter to Michael Gove that the ministerial code requires the publication ‘twice yearly’ as part of transparency commitments
But it’s now been delayed again
On Friday I asked Lord Geidt if he will commit to the requirement for publishing the register of ministers’ financial interests ‘twice yearly’ as per the Code of Conduct
He declined to comment
He declined to comment
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