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Conservative MPs backed a plan to consider reviewing Owen Paterson’s case and tear up the Commons disciplinary process.

Appeal, mr speaker, and that, i think, is something that should be of interest to members across this house, mr speaker, and should be approached properly in a spirit of moderation and compassion, mr speaker. hear, hear! angela rayner. mr speaker, let me put this to him simply. if it was a police officer, a teacher, a doctor, we would expect. we would expect the independent process to be followed and not changed after the verdict. its one rule for them, and one rule for the rest of us! im joined...

IfG says perm secs should lead a culture change in departments following Boardman Review recommendations

Research into government transparency by leading thinktank shows some departments release far less information than they should

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Updated 6:57 AM ET, Tue June 29, 2021 Matt Hancock pictured outside the BBC before appearing on the Andrew Marr show on May 16, 2021 in London, UK. London (CNN)Westminster, the beating heart of British politics, is very worried about how safe the UK governments most important secrets are. Over the weekend, Matt Hancock, now the countrys former health secretary, was forced to resign after images of him kissing a female adviser were published in a newspaper. It isnt the fact that the woman in qu...

Fri 2 Jul 2021 01.01 EDT Labour has formally sought an explanation from the government as to why there has been no investigation into whether Matt Hancock broke the law during his relationship with an aide, despite what the party called “clear evidence” of a breach. The Labour request, in a letter to the attorney general, Michael Ellis, comes as a political thinktank argued that Hancock’s behaviour highlighted the need for the ministerial code to be underpinned by law. The Institute for G...

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Potential conflicts of interest, show that it is incumbent on them, the onus is on them to show that they are being transparent and show that they are abiding by the rules, whether or not there is any, sort of, risk of conflicts of interest or any sort of information on e—mails that should be being used and that is where the failures have been, you know? matt hancock was found to have breached the ministerial code himself a few weeks ago by not declaring that he had shares in a private health ...

First published on Thu 29 Apr 2021 11.37 EDT Boris Johnson’s refurbishment of his Downing Street residence could be investigated by parliament’s sleaze watchdog, a move that would mean the prime minister could be personally sanctioned if found to have breached conduct rules. The Guardian understands an extensive complaint has been submitted to the parliamentary commissioner for standards, Kathryn Stone, with powers that can lead to suspensions of MPs or even byelections if serious breaches ...