Parliamentary standards commissioner Kathryn Stone, who oversees the code of conduct and rules for MPs, is said to have decided not to open another inquiry into the controversy following two previous probes by the Electoral Commission and Christopher Geidt, the independent adviser on ministers’ interests.
No 10 was informed of her decision this week, according to the Sunday Telegraph.
Senior Conservatives were fearful an investigation from Ms Stone could have lead the prime minister being suspended from Commons if he had been found guilty of breaching the parliamentary code of conduct.
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