Doug Chalmers, Chair of the Ethics and Integrity Commission (EIC), has written to the Prime Minister responding to his request for the EIC to review lobbying, disclosure, and access to government. The Chair’s Letter to the Prime Minister The Prime Minister’s Letter to The Chair Doug Chalmers, Chair of the EIC, said; “We welcome this...
The Commission welcomes the government’s statement today on strengthening the procedures that support high standards in public life. Specifically, the PM has asked the EIC to review the declaration and publication of financial interests for Ministers and senior government officials, transparency around lobbying and the effectiveness of the Business Appointments Rules, particularly in respect of managing potentially...
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,...