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PM accused of ducking ‘proper scrutiny’ as he faces probe relating to wife’s shares in firm boosted by Budget

The Commons inquiry into whether the Tory leader should have flagged his wife’s stake in a childcare business before the Budget once again illustrates this point

Well, that’s one way to displace our front page story on the crisis of patients waiting more than 12 hours in A&E. It was revealed this afternoon that the prime minister is being investigated by Parliament’s standards watchdog over allegations of a possible failure to declare the shares his wife,…

PM is being probed over possible failure to declare shares his wife holds in childcare agency boosted by Budget

PM facing allegations of a possible failure to declare shares his wife holds in a childcare agency boosted by Budget

The PM is under investigation following allegations of a possible failure to declare the shares his wife holds in a childcare agency that was boosted by the Budget

A Downing Street source said the probe relates to the shares the PM’s wife Akshata Murthy holds in a childcare agency that will be boosted by the Budget