Overview
- Conservative figures have asked the parliamentary standards commissioner to investigate Lisa Nandy’s failure to declare £2,900 from David Kogan to her 2020 leadership campaign.
- Lisa Nandy said she did not know about the personal donations at the time, declared them when discovered, recused herself from the process, and issued an unreserved apology.
- Sir William Shawcross’s report found the October appointment breached the code, said Kogan’s donations to Labour and to the leadership campaigns of Nandy and Keir Starmer were not disclosed, and advised DCMS to publicly flag such political activity.
- Tories also wrote to the prime minister’s ethics adviser seeking scrutiny of donations Kogan made to Keir Starmer, including £2,500 to his constituency party ahead of last year’s election.
- David Kogan said he had never been aware of any deviation from best practice, stated he had provided a full list of donations, and noted he was first asked to apply by the previous Conservative government.