Rishi Sunak accused of conflict of interest over his wife's ties to oil giant Shell

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Rishi Sunak's wife, Akshata Murty, has an estimated £690m stake in her father's Infosys company, which signed the last year a lucrative pact with the oil giant Shell< /p>

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Future Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was accused last night of a potential conflict of interest over his wife's ties to Shell.

Akshata Murty has an estimated £690million stake in his father's company Infosys, which signed a lucrative pact with the oil giant last year.

Shell posted colossal profits of £9.5bn this week, doubling profits in a single year amid soaring energy prices.

The huge sums come as families in the UK face soaring bills and a cost of living crisis.

The Conservatives have faced calls to impose a windfall tax on energy giants to ease the burden on families struggling to heat and light their homes.

But links between Mr Sunak's family business and Shell - the world's second-largest oil company - have raised concerns about competing interests.

Rishi Sunak, his wife Akshata Murthy and his daughters Anoushka and Krishna (

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Ex-chancellor's family business does business with Shell (

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Howard Cox, Founder of FairFuelUK, said: "It is not true that our Prime Minister or any other Government Minister has any connection to commercial concerns which may conflict with the interests of the finances of the nation.

"Even though these ties are indirectly tied to family relationships, their hidden influence can still influence decisions that impact all of our lives."

Mr. Cox called for an independent body to guarantee "full ownership of everything, past, present or future...