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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Tory MP investigated over payments for chairing group that lobbied PM

Afolami pressured Rishi Sunak to hold regulators to account more effectively.
Afolami pressured Rishi Sunak to hold regulators to account more effectively. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA

The standards watchdog has opened an investigation into the Conservative MP Bim Afolami over his registration of payments for chairing a pressure group that lobbied Rishi Sunak. The commissioner on parliamentary standards launched the inquiry over “registration of interests” under the code of conduct.

It is understood that the inquiry relates to the way in which Afolami registered his £2,000 payments from a lobbying firm, WPI Strategy, after he acknowledged earlier this year that it had not been done correctly.

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