In other reporting it did seem he was proactive in contacting the parliamentary authorities once he received advice on the donations. The spouse situation is tricky because his wife isn't an elected official or even a political operative. However I doubt the donations would have been made of she doesn't sometimes appear with her husband on official occasions.

Also the pearl clutching by the Tories is hypocrisy of the highest order given some of the stuff their members got away with.

Still it's not a good look and hopefully the party officials are making sure other ministers are up-to-date on all declarations. You don't want this to be the start of a string of stories.

I think in isolation I wouldn't care much about this. It still appears to be vastly less than the declarations made by other PMs and leaders, and much as the Tories want to make an issue of Lords being issued Downing Street passes it seems an entirely normal thing to me.

...but surely he knows how the Tories weaponise even the mildest appearance of nonsense against Labour (while they flaunt it with impunity) and foster the ignorance of, "They're all the same," to their advantage. This seems like the easiest bullet imaginable to dodge by simply not accepting gifts, and I'm baffled that he's imperiling all the effort to restore normalcy to politics by not doing so.

Alleged = self reported as soon as advised, it is a requirement.

Hardly an act of corruption. And considering, his wife is not in an elected position or working for the gov in any way. Hardly surprising, he was unsure of the requirement.

Tories are pretty fucking desperate to paint the Labour Party as no better than their own corruption.

Spose not surprising when they have little actually policy difference to attack.

Cool whatever. I’m much more interested in all the rubles collecting in Tory back pockets to be honest.

Hilarious watching Lammy trying to defend this earlier today.

I like how no one seems bothered that this guy is doing this purely to get access to the Prime Minister and the levers of government.

If this was happening under a Conservative government, you wouldn't hear the end of the screeching. Yet when it's a Labour government everyone is just like "yeah, I don't care".

Is it too much to ask for some consistency?