In a letter to the Prime Minister, published today, the independent Ethics and Integrity Commission has announced its inaugural review. The EIC’s first review will examine the public sector ombudsman system. The Commission welcome contributions from anyone with an interest in how public sector ombudsman schemes can better identify systemic issues and bring about improvements to...
The Ethics and Integrity Commission is carrying out a review into the public sector ombudsman system. With a plethora of lengthy and expensive public inquiries in recent years revealing major organisational failures, the first review of the Ethics and Integrity Commission will look at whether public service ombudsman schemes should play an enhanced role in...
In a letter to the Prime Minister, published today, the independent Ethics and Integrity Commission has set out its progress since October and programme of work for the year. Building on the Committee on Standards in Public Life’s reputation for independent, evidence-based work, the Commission has outlined the work underway to deliver the EIC’s new,...
Michael Tomlinson KC has been appointed as the Conservative member of the Ethics and Integrity Commission (EIC). The Rt Hon Michael Tomlinson was the Member of Parliament for Mid Dorset and North Poole from 2015 to 2024. He served in various government positions, including in the Whips Office 2020-2022, as Solicitor General 2022-2023 and in...
Cllr Ruth Dombey OBE Five gold stars if you can name all seven of the Nolan principles. But no stars if you know the principles are integral to your organisation but not sure what that means in practice. Since the principles were established by the Committee on Standards in Public Life thirty years ago, they have...