Political disengagement has been a growing concern in the UK as well as abroad: evidence suggests that many people feel dissatisfied with the system of governing and that their own involvement in national politics has little impact. In this guest …
The Committee is looking again at what is meant by reasonable limits for MPs’ outside interests, how the recommendations the Committee made in 2009 have been implemented, and how they operate in practice. We announced our review last year, and …
The committee on standards in public life has published its report on intimidation in public life. Intimidation of parliamentary candidates does not just affect those who receive it directly, it affects all of us. It affects the volunteers, supporters, staff …
It has been another bad few weeks for Parliament and trust in public life. Reports of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behaviour across the political spectrum over many years are worrying on a variety of fronts. Not only have they clearly …
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