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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Alexandra Topping

Sunak’s wife donates Koru Kids shares to charity after code of conduct breach

Akshata Murty and Rishi Sunak.
Akshata Murty and Rishi Sunak. In August 2023, parliament’s standards watchdog found Sunak failed to properly declare his wife’s shareholding in Koru Kids. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Akshata Murty, the millionaire businesswoman and investor married to the UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has donated her shares in the childcare company Koru Kids to charity, following concerns about whether she stood to benefit from government policies.

Representatives for Murty said she had taken the decision to exit her investment after it became “an unfair distraction for the company”, adding that she wanted it to be able to “focus on its work and growth”.

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