OPPOSITION PARTIES PRESSURISE RISHI SUNAK OVER HIS WIFE’s BUSINESS INTEREST

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LONDON, Mar. 31, 2023

From our Overseas Bureau

United Kingdom’s Opposition parties are piling on the pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over a recent Budget policy that could benefit his wife, Akshata Murty, through her business interest in a childcare firm.

Akshata Murty, the daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, is listed as a shareholder in Koru Kids Ltd which is likely to benefit from a new pilot scheme announced in the Spring Budget earlier this month to incentivise people to become childminders.

While 10 Downing Street has stated that Sunak had followed the U.K.’s ministerial code on the matter, Opposition has called for further explanations.