Who is AC12?
Who is AC12?
Lord Evans reflects on the complexity and history of our standards bodies, in light of the Greensill affair and our landscape review Standards Matter 2.
Lobbying: current arrangements are not enough
Transparency International (TI) recently published its latest report ‘Lifting the Lid on Lobbying’. It’s a thorough look at the state of play on lobbying and identifies gaps and differences in permissible behaviour across the country. The report calls for all …
Common standards make common sense
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Lord Paul Bew, Posted on:
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Categories:
Accountability, Ethical standards for providers of public services
The Seven Principles of Public Life – honesty, integrity, accountability, selflessness, objectivity, leadership and openness - first set down by Lord Nolan in 1995 – are now widely accepted baselines of expected public sector behaviour. In Nolan’s time, services were …
Public engagement in an age of disengagement
One of the key areas I really wanted to explore in our recent evidence gathering visit in Essex was how the PCC tried to engage with local people about local policing issues. What we heard was that Nick Alston had …
Recall of MPs Bill: ‘sham and bogus’ or ‘an important statement about our commitment to accountability and democracy’?
Just after 7.30 pm on the night of Monday 24th November, the Recall of MPs Bill 2014 finished its passage through the House of Commons. The House of Lords will now have the opportunity to consider a Bill enabling the public …