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A register of interests for senior civil servants and special advisers in the UK should be published, a top civil servant has been told.
Lord Eric Pickles, chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, says the government has to introduce further transparency measures.
The call follows the scandal involving David Cameron, senior civil servantsm and the collapsed firm Greensill Capital.
Senior civil servants and special advisers should start publishing any external work they undertake in a public register of interests, in order to prevent any repeat of the lobbying scandal involving David Cameron and senior civil servants, the chair of the watchdog that oversees post-governmental jobs for ministers and senior civil servants has said.
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Prime minister Boris Johnson gives a coronavirus update in July 2020. Photo: PA
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