Minister under investigation over targeting of reporters makes late donation declaration

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Josh Simons failed to declare gifts from Labour donor within the stipulated 28 days of receiving them

A Cabinet Office minister under investigation over his role in allegedly smearing journalists has made a late declaration of personal donations.

Josh Simons is facing an investigation from the prime minister’s independent adviser on ministerial standards over his role in commissioning a PR agency to examine journalists who had written about £730,000 in undeclared donations to Labour Together, a thinktank he led at the time.