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Premium Content Subscriber only Transport Minister Mark Bailey has been cleared by the Crime and Corruption Commission over the hiring of a new Gladstone Ports Corporation CEO. Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey speaking in parliament. Pics Tara Croser. Two complaints were received by the CCC against Mr Bailey and his Chief of Staff regarding the GPC CEO recruitment. In a letter sighted by NewsCorp, CCC chairman Alan MacSporran stated the complaints arose from a meeting on Septembe...

Norfolk MPs Chloe Smith, George Freeman and Brandon Lewis - Credit: Archant Free helicopter rides worth £18,000, pay of £5,000 for 23 hours work and a £17,000 donation from a private school - Norfolk MPs have declared a string of financial interests over the last two years. He represents the most deprived constituency in east England, but his register of interests shows a very different type of lifestyle.  Mr Lewis enjoyed four helicopter flights, worth a total of £18,200, between May a...

Getty/Leon Neal Britains opposition Labour Party on Saturday called for an independent commission on ethics and standards in government after Prime Minister Boris Johnsons former top adviser criticised the UK leaders integrity. On Friday Dominic Cummings, who left Johnsons staff suddenly late last year having previously been his most influential adviser over Brexit and the 2019 election campaign, denied reports he leaked Johnsons private communications over the sourcing of Covid-19 ventilators....

‘It’s a Paper Tiger.’ Britain’s Lobby Laws Under Fire as Johnson Fights ‘Sleaze’ Label The prime minister likes to flout convention, but a litany of cozy dealings between the government and business is beginning to take its toll. Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain in London on Thursday.Credit...Pool photo by Justin Tallis April 23, 2021, 3:13 p.m. ET For a politician who gleefully defies convention and rarely plays by the rules, it amounts to a return to norma...

URL copied to clipboard A government minister could face a parliamentary inquiry after failing to disclose that he owns a private PR company. Parliamentary rules require MPs to declare any significant shareholdings, but small business minister Paul Scully has not declared his ownership of a public relations firm that he set up in 2019. A government spokesman said the company had never traded or paid Scully a salary. But official records say it is “active” – and without any transparenc...

A cabinet minister defended embattled David Cameron yesterday as details emerged of how the former prime minister had lobbied the NHS for staff data on behalf of Greensill Capital. Mr Cameron’s one-time press secretary George Eustice said his old boss had not broken any rules in his work for the controversial finance firm and said former politicians must be allowed to start new careers. Mr Eustice, now the Environment Secretary, also insisted that the UK had ‘quite robust’ rules governing...

U.K. Lobbying Scandal Deepens as Hancock Accused of Cronyism Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Emily Ashton and Alex Morales (Bloomberg) -- The controversy engulfing the U.K. government over its ties to business intensified as it emerged a second official held a position at Greensill Capital while still in post, and Health Secretary Matt Hancock was accused of “cronyism” over the award of contracts to a company he owns shares in. NHS Wales gave Topwood Ltd. two contracts worth 150,000 p...

ANTHONY SELDON: Camerons propensity to be naïve was checked by the No 10 machine when he was PM. Outside, he has been operating in a no mans land with an apparent recklessness.

Correspondence between Lord Evans and Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP Lord Evans replied to a letter from the Deputy Leader and Chair of the Labour Party, regarding issues relating to the Ministerial Code. From: Request an accessible format. If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email public@public-standards.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assisti...

Dame Cheryl Gillan, Welsh Secretary under David Cameron and staunch opponent of HS2 – obituary She campaigned to protect the Chilterns against HS2 and housing development and in 2019 announced Boris Johnsons Tory leadership victory 5 April 2021 • 4:16pm Cheryl Gillan with her dog Tizzy after he was voted Westminster Dog of the Year in 1996 Credit: Brian Smith Dame Cheryl Gillan, who has died aged 68, was a combative Conservative MP who was Welsh Secretary in David Cameron’s Coalition, but...