UK’s PM Under Investigation Over Luxury Holiday

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being investigated by Britain’s parliamentary watchdog amid questions over who paid for his recent Caribbean holiday, it was reported Sunday.

Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds, with whom he recently announced he was expecting a baby, went on a trip to the privately owned island of Mustique over the New Year.

The parliamentary commissioner for standards in the House of Commons , Kathryn Stone, had launched an inquiry earlier this week.

In the register of MPs’ interests, he claimed the £15,000 (17,300-euro, $19,600) holiday was provided by David Ross, a businessman, and donor to his Conservative party.

However there was confusion after Ross initially denied handing over any money, and later clarified that it was a “benefit in kind”.

The main opposition Labour party urged the commissioner to investigate.

Downing Street, which previously insisted that everything had been declared properly, declined to comment on news of the inquiry.