The UK Parliament's Commissioner for Standards has launched an investigation into UK Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy for allegedly failing to declare £27,000 of financial interest in due time, according to The Guardian.
On Monday, the watchdog announced that the shadow foreign secretary was being investigated over late declarations of income and hospitality.
The late entries are believed to be linked to payments for speeches during Black History Month and separate invitations to the Tottenham Hotspur football club, which is in his constituency.
“David Lammy takes his declaration responsibilities seriously and as soon as this was brought to his attention he wrote to registrar of members’ financial interests to apologize for the administrative errors in his office which led to late declarations in December last year,” a spokesperson for Lammy said, as quoted by The Guardian.
Lammy is said to have already written to the parliamentary authorities to apologize for the omissions and errors which led to the late declaration.
The inquiry comes after Labor leader Keir Starmer faced a similar probe for alleged late declarations.