Boris Johnson's ethics chief is investigating the Prime Minister's new Commons Leader over racism allegations, it has emerged.
The former Chief Whip was handed a promotion in Tuesday's reshuffle, when it was already known he was at the centre of a Cabinet Office probe into claims made by Tory MP Nusrat Ghani that she was sacked because of her "Muslimness".
Now Mr Spencer, who will begin attending the Prime Minister's Cabinet meetings in his new role, has confirmed ethics chief Lord Geidt - whose job it is to probe breaches of the Ministerial Code - is investigating him.
