Setting the standard – CSPL looks ahead
On Monday, the Committee is holding a horizon-scanning event with central and local government, regulators, academics and others. It's a chance for us to take a step back and make...
Accountability
General Election 2017: transparency about MPs’ outside interests
Posted by:
Lord Paul Bew, Posted on:
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Accountability, Ethical standards, MPs, MPs' outside interests, Nolan Principles
...evidence we receive will inform a submission into any review by the Commons Committee on Standards of the Code of Conduct and Guide to the Rules for MPs in due...
Fake news and the Nolan Principles
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Richard Thomas, Posted on:
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Categories:
Accountability, Ethical standards, Fake news, Nolan Principles
...terms of the “growing phenomenon of widespread dissemination, through social media and the internet, and acceptance as fact of stories of uncertain provenance or accuracy”. There is nothing new about...
Regulators and the revolving door
Posted by:
Richard Thomas, Posted on:
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Categories:
Accountability, Ethical standards for providers of public services, Regulators, Revolving door
A flurry of recent news stories has raised controversy about ex-ministers and senior civil servants passing through ‘the revolving door’- moving from government service into well-remunerated positions in the private sector. But at least such moves are overseen by …