Rishi Sunak’s childcare policy risks conflict of interest with wife’s firm
by Rowena Mason Whitehall editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6A9WD)
Prime minister's failure to raise wife's childcare agency when questioned by MPs raises concern
Rishi Sunak is facing questions over a potential conflict of interest after it emerged a childcare firm part owned by his wife is to benefit from major changes in the budget.
The prime minister's wife, Akshata Murty, is listed as a shareholder in Koru Kids, a childcare agency. Koru Kids is likely to benefit from a pilot scheme offered by Jeremy Hunt to incentivise people to become childminders, with 1,200 offered to those who train to become one through an agency.
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