...powers vested in elected PCCs. Prior to the arrival of the new ‘unshackled’ elected Commissioners in 2012, this would have been a decision which could only have been made by...
...to an inquiry and recommendations for a wholly different framework to support MPs and protect the taxpayer (MPs’ Expenses and Allowances 2009), including a new independent body to administer expenses...
...bodies. Its role is to strengthen ethical standards in public life; including promoting the Codes of Conduct and issuing guidance to councils and devolved public bodies; and to adjudicate on...
...greater transparency around direct ministerial appointments and agreement to our recommendation that appointments of Non-Executive Directors of government departments will in future be regulated under the Governance Code for Public...
