In this blog post, Dr Jane Martin discusses the ongoing evidence gathered for the Committee’s review of local government standards and the concerns being raised around the legal framework governing councillors’ declaration of conflicts of interest: Integrity: Holders of public …
Last week’s publication of Parliament’s Independent Complaints and Grievance policy is an important step forward to help deal with the damaging allegations that have been surfacing since last November. We’ve been keeping a close eye on developments in Parliament, to …
Targeting voters with digital communications is now common practice, but with this have come concerns about allegations of misinformation, misuse of personal data, and overseas interference. In this guest blog, Sir John Holmes urges action by the UK’s governments and …
Last year, the Committee completed its report ‘Striking the Balance: Upholding the Seven Principles of Public Life in Regulation’. Some 80 regulatory bodies occupy a unique role in public life covering a vast range of sectors and professions. The Committee’s …
The question of how best to promote integrity in British public life is one which continues to challenge our democracy. How do we identify, promulgate and enforce high standards across the public sector, broadly defined? How do changes to the …
There is a worrying increase in the frequency and scale of corruption in sport. Kickbacks, bribes, or plain cheating - corruption now seems to permeate all manner and all levels of sport, national and international, from football and cricket to …
What is an ethical regulator? The Nolan Principles provide a good starting point: ethical regulators are those that uphold and enact the values of selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership. There has been considerable academic and policy focus, …
This week the House of Lords debated the impact of the government’s proposed change to the political levy of trades unions which would require members to ‘opt in’ rather than, at present ‘opt out’. The Committee has some history here. …
In September Dr Felicity Matthews from the University of Sheffield presented to the Committee, findings from her and Prof Matthew Flinders research, into the UK’s experience of public appointments in a comparative context. Dr Felicity Matthews provides further insights from their …
Ed Hammond, Head of Programmes, Local Accountability, from the Centre for Public Scrutiny has shared his thoughts on the Committee’s most recent report ‘Tone from top, leadership, ethics and accountability in policing’, which was published in June. Thoughts on 'Tone from …
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