Boris Johnson has 'full confidence' in Rishi Sunak as probe into Chancellor's finances begins

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Boris Johnson has "full confidence" in his embattled Chancellor after a row broke out over his family's finances.A spokeswoman for the Prime Minister also confirmed that Downing Street had accepted Rishi Sunak's request for an investigation by Lord Geidt, Johnson's independent adviser on ministerial interests.Asked if Boris Johnson continues to have "full confidence in the Chancellor", a No 10 spokeswoman said: "He does." In a letter to the Prime Minister, Sunak asked for Lord Geidt to review all his declarations of interest since he became a minister in 2018 to ensure they had been properly stated.

Asked if Lord Geidt had begun his investigation into the Chancellor, the spokeswoman said: "I'm not aware of whether Lord Geidt himself has begun his work. "But I can confirm that the Prime Minister has agreed to the request from the Chancellor for Lord Geidt to undertake this work."Sunak said he was confident he had acted appropriately at all times, but his "overriding concern" was that the public should have confidence in the answers.The Chancellor visited Darlington on Monday in an attempt to show he was getting on with the job of being Chancellor, naming the final two sites in the running for the Treasury's outpost in the town.Cabinet colleague George Eustice said Sunak was the Chancellor "at the moment" and had paid all relevant UK taxes.Sunak's political career is at risk of being derailed by the row over his wife's non-domiciled status and his own former holding of a US green card.The Chancellor's decision to request an investigation by Lord Geidt was the latest attempt to defuse the political storm that has engulfed him.An announcement on Friday by his wife, Akshata Murty, that she would pay UK taxes on all her