Rishi Sunak's wife 'gets £12million in dividends from Russia-linked firm'
Akshata Murthy has a stake worth hundreds of millions in the IT and consultancy business Infosys, founded by her billionaire father. Major consultancy firms PwC, KPMG and Accenture have all quit Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, citing a desire to protest against the Kremlin's war.
By contrast, Infosys is still operating in Moscow. Daily Mail analysis found that over past year, Infosys made two dividend payments that would have netted Ms Murthy around £11.7m through her 0.93% holding in the company. Labour warned Mr Sunak has 'serious questions to answer' over Ms Murthy's shares
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