At long last the ministerial register of interests is here – a mere five months after it was due. The register was released today to accompany the findings of the independent adviser on ministers’ interests, Christopher Geidt, into whether Boris Johnson’s No. 10 flat shenanigans broke the ministerial code (spoiler: he didn’t.) Mr S has spent the afternoon looking at the register and picking out the most interesting gigs, perks and possible conflicts of interests detailed.
Johnson himself lists 12 charities and non-profit organisations with which he has links including the Anglo Turkish society of which he is president and Hillingdon golf club in Uxbridge who presented him with honorary membership in his capacity as the local MP. The close links between the Johnson and Goldsmith families are detailed in the register too – Boris’s dad Stanley is the honorary international ambassador of the Conservative Environment Network which is chaired by Zac’s brother Ben Goldsmith who serves as a Defra board member.
Ministers who get to hear firsthand how they’re doing from their partners include Lord Frost – whose wife is a senior Foreign Office civil servant – and education secretary Gavin Williamson whose spouse is a teaching assistant at a Stafford school.
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