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The Conservatives have demanded a further investigation into the culture secretary Lisa Nandy over a failure to disclose donations from the new head of the football watchdog.
Ms Nandy apologised after Sir William Shawcross, commissioner for public appointments, ruled on Thursday that the government’s appointment in October of David Kogan as chair of the new Independent Football Regulator breached the code on public appointments three times.
He said Mr Kogan had donated to the leadership campaigns of both Sir Keir Starmer and Ms Nandy, but this had not been disclosed.
As well as Ms Nandy’s failure to disclose his £2,900 donation to her 2020 leadership campaign previously, the potential conflict of interest arising from that was not discussed with Mr Kogan at the interview, and his links to the Labour Party were not revealed, the report said.
Former broadcasting executive Mr Kogan was not on the original shortlist, was a director of LabourList – the independent pro-Labour news site – and has written two books about the party.
Following its conclusion, Sir Keir Starmer reprimanded Ms Nandy by saying “the process followed was not entirely up to the standard expected” but said she had “acted in good faith”.
The Conservatives have now written to Daniel Greenberg, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, to formally complain about Ms Nandy’s failure to declare donations and to call for a further inquiry.
Conservative Party chair Kevin Hollinrake said in the letter that there were two £1,450 donations in 2020 to Ms Nandy’s campaign, which he said were “clearly from the same source”, with one from Mr Kogan…
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