British Conservative Party chairwoman Baroness Warsi has been cleared of abusing expenses by claiming for overnight stays at a property she was using for free.
But the cabinet minister was found to have breached rules by failing to declare that she was renting out her own London home.
The peer faced criticism from Labour for allegedly pre-empting a report by House of Lords standards commissioner Paul Kernaghan after saying he had “dismissed” the allegations against her.
Mr Kernaghan has been looking into accusations that Lady Warsi claimed up to £2,000 while staying rent-free at a property belonging to Conservative donor Dr Wafik Moustafa.
Labour frontbencher Michael Dugher said: “It is typically disingenuous of Baroness Warsi and the Conservative Party to claim that she has been cleared of any wrongdoing.
“This is not true – there was a lack of transparency about her living arrangements for which she has been rightly criticised. She was found in breach of the ministerial code.” – (Reuters)