Keir (Glasses for Passes) Startmer claims that he initially thought that he’d been compliant by not declaring gifts to his wife within the requisite 28-day period. The guide to the Commons rules states MPs should register “any benefit given to any third party, whether or not this accompanied a benefit for him or her, if the Member is aware, or could reasonably be expected to be aware, of the benefit and that it was given because of his or her membership of the House or parliamentary or political activities”. Somehow I doubt the legitimacy of Starmer’s compliancy claim - he’s an experienced barrister and former DPP head FFS and this is his wife that we’re talking about, not a distant cousin.