The Standards Commission for Scotland writes on the key principle of objectivity which obliges those in public life, including politicians, to make decisions solely on merit, impartially and without discrimination or bias.
The Committee on Standards in Public Life recently visited Greater Manchester as part of the evidence gathering for the Committee’s inquiry into the accountability, leadership and ethics of local policing. Whilst in Manchester the Committee took the opportunity to meet with …
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 …
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 …
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 …
