#UK: PM Sunak Under Investigation For Gov't Contracts To Wife's Company

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Rishi Sunak is now under investigation by Parliament's standards commissioner over an alleged failure to declare an interest. The PM recently failed to declare his wife's shares in a childcare agency, when asked about his decision to hand government subsidies to them.

The ethics committee is looking into Sunak's wife's financial interest in Koru Kids, which is set to benefit from new government childcare policies. 

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#UK: PM Johnson's Ethics Advisor Quits

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Boris Johnson's ethics adviser says he quit after the PM forced him into an “impossible and odious” position.

Lord Geidt's job was to advise the PM on the ministerial code - a set of rules governing standards of behaviour.

In his resignation letter, he said he had come close to quitting over Covid law-breaking in Downing Street.

But he said he had been asked for advice this week on another issue he believed would amount to a deliberate breach of the code.

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#CANADA: PM Trudeau Faces Ethics Probe Over WE Charity Ties

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing the third ethics investigation of his five years in office over the government's decision to award a contract worth up to $43.5m to WE Charity Canada.

The C$912m (US$680m) program was designed to connect post-secondary students to paid volunteer opportunities to make up for summer job prospects that had disappeared during the pandemic.

It later emerged that Trudeau's mother and brother had been paid for speaking at various WE events over the years.

Margaret Trudeau was paid C$250,000 for speaking at 28 WE events over four years, and brother Alexander was paid C$32,000 for speaking at eight between 2017-2018.

Trudeau has also made regular appearances himself, and his wife, Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, hosted a wellness podcast for the charity.

The prime minister didn't recuse himself from discussions related to the decision to grant WE the government contract. He later apologized for that.

The federal ethics watchdog has confirmed his office is looking into the matter.

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