Mr Lammy’s alleged late statements are believed to be related to extracurricular profits from last October’s Black History Month, which were announced only in May of this year. It is also believed that the investigation will look into the travels of Mr Lammy, who has been a Tottenham MP since 2000, to the Tottenham Hotspur football team. A spokesman for Mr Lammy, 49, said: “David Lammy is taking the responsibility of the statement seriously and as soon as he was informed, he wrote to the Members’ Secretary of Financial Interests to apologize for the administrative errors in his office which led to delay statements last December “. “He assured the secretary that he has put in place revised systems so that statements can be made in a timely manner. We are pleased to provide the Commissioner for Parliamentary Standards with any further information.” It is understood that as soon as the error was reported, Mr Lammy wrote to the Members’ Financial Interests Officer apologizing for the omission and errors that led to some late payment statements received for speeches last year. Mr Lammy slammed Boris Johnson when the prime minister referred to Ms Stone for the renovation of his Downing Street apartment. In May 2021, he wrote on Twitter: “Boris Johnson’s defense seems to have no idea how his 200 200,000 decoration bill would be paid. “If so, how can we trust this stupid idiot to run the UK economy?” Made after appearing on his LBC show a month earlier, reminding listeners of the importance of Nolan’s Principles of Public Life, saying: “(It’s) a really important set of principles that should govern the way I and others should behave public life: honesty, transparency, objectivity, selflessness, integrity, responsibility and leadership. “Of course we are interested in who financed the renovation of apartment No. 10”. In January 2022, Ms Stone confirmed that she would not investigate the renovation after she was fired by her former standards adviser, Lord Gide, for violating the ministerial code. However, Mr Johnson was criticized by his counterparts for not revealing all the details about the funding.
