Rishi Sunak has mentioned he isn’t being investigated by the Playing Fee as a part of its probe into bets positioned on the date of the election.
The prime minister additionally mentioned the Conservatives would conduct their very own inside investigation into the allegations which have dogged the latter a part of his marketing campaign.
Talking to reporters in Edinburgh, Mr Sunak mentioned his get together “will act” if the Conservatives’ personal inquiry into the alleged betting scandal finds wrongdoing.
“The Playing Fee is unbiased of presidency – it is unbiased of me,” he mentioned.
“I haven’t got the small print of their investigation, proper? They do not report back to me, I haven’t got the small print, however what I can let you know is, in parallel we have been conducting our personal inside inquiries and naturally will act on any related findings or info from that and cross it on to the Playing Fee.”
When requested whether or not he had ever wager on politics while being an MP, Mr Sunak replied: “No.”
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