Labour donor Lord Alli probed by House of Lords watchdog over ‘non-registration of interests’

The Labour adjacent astatine the centre of a enactment implicit donations to Sir Keir Starmer is nether probe by the Lords' standards watchdog implicit an alleged nonaccomplishment to registry interests.

Lord Waheed Alli is facing a probe implicit imaginable breaches of parliamentary rules surrounding openness and accountability successful the members' codification of conduct.

It comes aft a backlash implicit tens of thousands of pounds worthy of gifts accepted by the Prime Minister from the peer, a large enactment donor.

According to an update published connected Parliament's website connected Wednesday, Lord Alli is being investigated by the Lords' commissioner for "alleged non-registration of interests starring to imaginable breaches of paragraphs 14(a) and 17 of the thirteenth variation of the codification of conduct".

These rules subordinate to making wide what the interests are that mightiness beryllium reasonably thought to power a member's parliamentary actions and ensuring entries are up to date.

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