BORIS Johnson was given a final warning by Commons bosses today after breaching standards rules for the second time in seven months.
He failed to declare a 20 per cent share of a property in Somerset and rental income he has received since January 2018 within the 28-day deadline.
In a damning verdict the Committee on Standards said Boris had shown an “over-casual attitude towards obeying the rules of the House”.
And the independent Parliamentary Commissioner Kathryn Stone delivered a blow to his hopes of replacing Theresa May by concluding that his slapdash attitude “does not demonstrate the leadership which one would expect of a long-standing and senior member of the house”.
The former Foreign Secretary repeatedly apologised for his failure to comply with the rules and had argued that the Commons rules were “confusing”.
The committee, which overseas standards in Parliament, said there was no evidence of any attempt to deceive Commons authorities.
But they said the problem lay “not with the relevant rules… but with Mr Johnson’s failure to consult the guide to the rules”.
His ex-minister brother Jo also failed to register a share in the same property but escaped a similar rebuke because it was his first offence.
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The committee has ordered Boris to meet with the Registrar of Members’ Financial Interests in person to learn how to comply with the rules in future.
And it placed him on a final warning – saying any further breach of the rules would trigger a “more serious sanction”.
Mr Johnson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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