An inquiry is being held into whether Rishi Sunak failed to declare his wife holds shares in a childcare company that could benefit from the government's plans to get people to become childminders.
What could happen to the prime minister after the investigation?
More serious matters can be passed to the committee on standards, a group made up of MPs and lay members who will reach their own conclusion on the breach, and potentially recommend a sanction. However, there is another register that MPs who are ministers have to fill out and this is stricter when it comes to relevant interests connected to spouses, partners or close family members.
But still, headlines about more potential breaches of the rulebook will not be welcomed by Downing Street.Former health secretary Matt Hancock is one of six Tory, or former Tory MPs being investigated by the commissioner
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