The Ethics and Integrity Commission (EIC) replaced the Committee on Standards in Public Life on 13 October 2025. This blog will therefore no longer be updated, but you can find future blogs, current information and updates on the EIC website.
Lord Evans, Committee Chair, reflects on public standards issues over the past year and calls for proactive and ongoing attention to standards to ensure the systems and processes are able to meet the challenges faced today.
Committee chair Lord Evans looks ahead to the publication of CSPL's next report on embedding the Nolan Principles in the culture of public sector organisations.
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.
Following the resignation of Lord Geidt as the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests, it has been suggested that there may be no need for this role, or that the administration of the Ministerial Code could be handled differently. This may …
