The Deputy Prime Minister said it would be ‘disproportionate’ to take any further action towards the former prime minister.
No further action will be taken against Boris Johnson after he was accused of committing a “clear and unambiguous breach” of the rules on former ministers, Rishi Sunak’s deputy has said.
The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments , charged with setting conditions on former ministers when they enter new jobs to prevent a revolving door of appointments, wrote to ministers after the clash with Mr Johnson calling for urgent reform to the rules governing post-ministerial jobs, including sanctions for breaches.
“I therefore also accept that it would be disproportionate to undertake further action in these circumstances other than the public exchange of such correspondence ,” he said.Mr Dowden said the UK Government was “minded” to exempt books, journalism and media appearances from strict business appointment rules in the future.
The ethics report said a tightening of the rules could include further sanctions including “financial penalties” for breaches. He continued: “As part of these reforms, the Government is minded that media appearances, books or journalism should in due course be formally exempted from the business appointment rules .
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