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
...in the bottom three of the ‘least trusted profession’ league tables alongside cabinet ministers and estate agents. Nonetheless, a free and independent press is also fundamental to political accountability and...
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 …