Europe News Desk!! UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced his wife’s stake in a childcare company could benefit from a new government policy, four years after investing in the firm, a much-delayed new register of ministers’ interests has revealed. has come to the fore. The Guardian reported – In a footnote to his entry in the register, Sunak announced that among many direct shareholdings owned by his wife Akshata Murthy is a minority shareholding in Koru Kids, a pilot scheme to encourage people to become childminders. One of the six companies involved in Sunak’s full entry for family interests says: Prime Minister’s wife is a venture capital investor. She is the owner of a venture capital investment company, Catamaran Ventures UK Limited, and holds several direct shareholdings. It links to a footnote, which mentions a stake in Coru Kids. The UK prime minister is being investigated by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, Daniel Greenberg, over whether he properly declared his wife’s shareholding. A potential complication for Sunak is that Greenberg is expected to look into whether the prime minister should have declared an interest when asked by a committee of lawmakers last month, where the rules for registering interests are strict.
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