Sentences with phrase «standard in public life»

The committee on standards in public life welcomed the plans, which seemed to be significant steps towards the establishment of a robust regime.

Good stuff and not the first time that the Conservative leader has led on this issue of standards in public life but enough?

Earlier the chairman of the committee for standards in public life said banning MPs from hiring relatives «could be the right thing to do».

It is the actions of politicians that determine standards in public life.

Here he writes on the problems encountered when trying to encourage higher standards in public life in the UK.

King was a member of the Nolan committee on standards in public life in 1994 and the Wakeham commission on the future of the House of Lords in 1999.

Michael Dugher, shadow Cabinet Office minister, comments on a committee on standards in public life report on the funding of British political parties:

Sir Christopher's committee on standards in public life carried out a series of public hearings and has been studying hundreds of submissions from MPs and the public in the wake of the expenses scandal.

We struggle with the same dilemmas today, and perhaps flail at them even more ineffectually, having gone much farther down the road in the intervening six decades in the direction of banishing public religious expression and general moral standards in our public life, all in the name of tolerant liberal nonjudgmentalism.

Asked about the row over Culture Secretary Maria Miller's expenses, the former chairman of the Commons committee on standards in public life Sir Alistair Graham has told ITV News: «Cabinet ministers have to show strong leadership on ethical issues and she hasn't shown any.»

Mr Clarke made his call for a strengthened ministerial code as the committee on standards in public life published its annual report.

The prime minister has been criticised for failing to uphold standards in public life by the sleaze watchdog he personally appointed.

If the report by the committee on standards in public life into political party finance was adopted then Conservative voters would find themselves funding Labour candidates and vice versa.

Sir Christopher Kelly's committee on standards in public life began examining options for political party finance after the coalition committed to pursue reform.

«I have learned from this experience and have a new determination to uphold the highest possible standards in public life.

Last November the committee on standards in public life put forward a proposal to cap individual donations at # 10,000 and increase the amount of funding of political parties paid for by the state.

Prime minister Tony Blair has undermined public trust in politics and is facing a crisis over standards in public life as significant as the cash for questions scandal that marked the end of John Major's government, the outgoing public standards watchdog has claimed.

Gordon Brown prevaricated, suggesting that «to restore public confidence in the matter the Committee [o Standard in Public Life] will have to complete its review...»

Cameron's obstinate defence of Maria Miller against the large majority of his own party and the public who want to be rid of her for her greed, arrogance and sheer callous disregard for decent standards in public life needs some explaining.

David Hine writes on the problems encountered when trying to encourage higher standards in public life in the UK.

He is especially interested in issues surrounding public perceptions of standards in public life, and he recently appeared on BBC1's Politics Show talking about Britain's «crisis of political participation».

The prime minister's spokesperson comments on a committee on standards in public life report on the funding of British political parties:

Sir Christopher's committee on standards in public life carried out a six - month inquiry in the wake of the scandal about MPs» expenses and made a series of recommendations earlier this month to change the system.

«They are in no position to lecture anyone on standards in public life,» he declared.

Nick Clegg is to launch his campaign for reform of how political parties are funded, in an address to the committee on standards in public life.

Last November the Kelly Report was published by the committee on standards in public life.

«Just as we've seen on his decision to abandon campaign spending limits he once supported, it's increasingly clear that Eliot Spitzer believes there are two standards in public life — one for him, and one for everyone else.»

Last November a genuine attempt to solve the issue, from the committee on standards in public life, proposed the introduction of a # 10,000 cap on donations.

This provides a sad commentary on the current state of the political system and standards in public life.

* 17th October 2017, Committee on standards in public life: Intimidation of Parliamentary candidates: roundtable transcript Speaker: Tim Bale (pdf)

Mr Clarke also called on the committee on standards in public life to publish a code of conduct covering government publications and advertising campaigns.

An attempt by Labour to try to make itself a movement with broader appeal is particularly acute as the parties all await a report into funding due to be published in October by the committee on standards in public life.

Sir Alistair Graham, ex-chairman of the committee on standards in public life, called for a review of the perks system including family employees and second home allowances, which critics say is abused by a string of MPs including ministers.

It would also look at «the necessity of urgent new legislation to balance those provisions» with recommendations made in a report from the committee on standards in public life on the «big donor culture» in politics.

«It is because I know that most MPs want to see the very highest standards in public life that I am determined that we sweep away this old system and introduce a new system and in doing so move back to ensuring the focus in parliament is on the issues that affect our constituents» lives.»

The reaction to the report «political party funding — ending the big donor culture ``, by the committee on standards in public life, chaired by Sir Christopher Kelly, has been depressing if not surprising.

Kelly, the chairman of the committee on standards in public life, insisted his proposals were «fair and reasonable» and would bring Westminster into line with other walks of life and other legislatures.

Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg pledge their support for the recommendations of the chairman of the committee on standards in public life

«Consistent with my own and the party's commitment to the highest standards in public life, it is with great sadness I have decided to resign my position as general secretary with immediate effect.»

So the committee on standards in public life was right to be optimistic by launching an inquiry into the issue trying to move on from the 2007 impasse over Labour's trade union funding.

Sir Alistair Graham, former chairman of the committee on standards in public life, said the meeting appeared to be a breach of the ministerial code.

The public... want both sides together in drawing up standards in public life.»

Here's what the committee on standards in public life has to say about its lessons learned from overseas models: «The importance of the prize — political office — is such that the temptation for avoidance or, in some cases, evasion is considerable.»

Sir Christopher Kelly, chairman of the committee on standards in public life, comments on its report into British political party funding:

Bell is a class act as a journalist and a consistent champion of higher standards in public life.

In evidence, Sir Christopher Kelly, the chairman of the committee on standards in public life, told the committee he believed Cameron had probably broken the ministerial code in not using Mawer.

I think it's important we uphold the highest standards in public life,» May said.

Stretching back to the Neil Hamilton cash for questions saga, the committee on standards in public life was established in 1994 and then in the wake of the expenses scandal, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) was painfully born.