Labour leader was late in declaring eight interests but watchdog called breaches ‘minor and/or inadvertent’
Keir Starmer has been found to have breached the MPs’ code of conduct by failing to register on time eight interests, including gifts from football teams and the sale of a plot of land.leader was opened in June by the parliamentary standards commissioner, Kathryn Stone, relating to claims about late declaration of earnings and gifts, benefits or hospitality from UK sources.
However, she noted the “breaches were minor and/or inadvertent, and that there was no deliberate attempt to mislead”. In the original complaint made to the commissioner, it was alleged that between 6 March and 13 May 2022, Starmer had failed on three occasions to register income and hospitality that he had accepted within the 28-day deadline set by the house.
Stone found Starmer had failed to register the eight interests, including the plot of land, and “had breached paragraph 14 of the House of Commons’ code of conduct for members of parliament”. Starmer received an £18,450 advance from publisher HarperCollins in April for a book he is writing, in which he is expected to set out his vision for Britain.
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