Angela Rayner comments on Rishi Sunak being investigated by Parliament's standards watchdog

Angela Rayner MP, Labour's Deputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, commenting on Rishi Sunak being investigated by Parliament's standards watchdog over a possible failure to declare an interest, said:

"This Government's failure to update the rules or publish a register of ministers' interests in nearly a year has left a transparency black hole which is enabling the Prime Minister and those he has appointed to dodge proper scrutiny of their affairs.

"If Rishi Sunak has got nothing to hide, he should commit to publishing the register before May's elections so the public can see for themselves.

"While this Prime Minister fails to deliver the integrity he promised and preserves the rotten standards regime he inherited as the Tories resist tighter rules, Labour has a plan to clean up politics with an Independent Ethics and Integrity Commission to restore standards in public life."