Boris Johnson has been accused of “an over-casual attitude towards obeying the rules of the house” after a Commons standards watchdog found he had failed to declare his share of a property in Somerset on time.
The Commons standards committee said the former foreign secretary had breached rules by failing to declare a financial interest within the required time limit.
The committee dismissed Johnson’s claim that he had not fully understood the rules. Johnson failed to register a 20% share of the ownership of the property within the timetabled 28 days of acquiring it.
The committee said this offence followed a previous failure to register a financial interest.
“The committee noted with concern that two investigations by the commissioner in rapid succession demonstrate a pattern of behaviour by Mr Johnson which reinforces their previous view that he had displayed an over-casual attitude towards obeying the rules of…
