Despite negative connotations, fair lobbying is a good and legitimate activity; it is vital to democracy that individuals, businesses and charities are able to input and respond to policy developments or proposed new legislation. Whether proposing solutions, raising concerns or …
Last month the Committee on Standards in Public Life published their report ‘Tone from the top: leadership, ethics and accountability’. Alongside the report the Committee also published new research on public understanding of police accountability, which was reflected on throughout …
Last week, after an eight month inquiry, the Committee produced its evaluation of accountability of local policing and publicly launched its report ‘Tone from the top - leadership, ethics and accountability in local policing’. The Committee shared key findings of …
So the new Parliamentary term begins. 177 first-time MPs take up their seats in Westminster and as new public office holders officially sign up to the Seven Principles of Public Life. Indeed the Speaker’s Statement to a packed House of Commons immediately …
In March, as part of the inquiry into local policing - leadership, ethics and accountability, the Committee published an overview of the implementation of Avon and Somerset’s Ethics Committee. Professor Allyson MacVean of Bath Spa University, who is working in conjunction …
