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...
Ethical standards
A new Parliament is the right time to reinforce standards
...dark days in public opinion ratings following the expenses scandal, any misdemeanour continues to do disproportionate damage to the Houses of Parliament as a whole. The code of conduct for...
General Election 2017: transparency about MPs’ outside interests
Posted by:
Lord Paul Bew, Posted on:
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Categories:
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
Posted by:
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...