Sentences with phrase «standards in public life»

Charles J agreed with Collins J in Livingstone v Adjudication Panel for England [2006] LGR 799 and Sanders v Kingston that whilst the Code satisfies Art 10 it is important that the restraints should not extend beyond what is necessary to maintain proper standards in public life and also that political expression attracts a higher level of protection.

The first of these other options is the «Kelly option» named after the chairman of the committee on standards in public life, which looked at party funding in 2011.

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.

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

During a review of party funding last year by the committee on standards in public life, the Tories suggested an annual cap of # 50,000 per donor.

In the wake of the Straw and Rifkind case, Sir Alistair Graham, former chairman of the committee on standards in public life, has also called for the entire parliamentary standards regime to be changed to ensure it «genuinely represents the broader public interest».

«Experience from Northern Ireland, the examples of Britain in 1927, conclusions by the committee on standards in public life all suggest there would be considerable reduction in the number affiliated.

Sir Christopher was speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme after the committee on standards in public life, which he chairs, published its response to the new expenses consultation.

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.

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.

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.

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

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».

Speaking to the Sunday Times the outgoing chair of the committee on standards in public life argued Mr Blair has been personally responsbile for a «very significant loss of trust» between politicans and the public.

In a letter to the committee on standards in public life, which is looking into MPs» pay expenses, Gordon Brown muted the idea of scrapping the second home allowance altogether.

Sir Christopher Kelly's committee on standards in public life is grilling Harriet Harman and co on the expenses inquiry.

Labour and the Conservatives» representatives on the committee on standards in public life, which has spent the last year coming up with proposals to remove big money from politics, both issued dissenting notes making clear that they weren't happy at all.

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

The code requires members to act in the public interest and in accordance with the seven general principles of conduct identified by the committee on standards in public life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.

The long - awaited inquiry into MPs» expenses by Sir Christopher Kelly's committee on standards in public life — which will set out a framework for new rules regarding MPs» expenses — will publish its report on Wednesday 4 November, a committee spokesman announced today.

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.

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.

Bell is a class act as a journalist and a consistent champion of higher 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.

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.»

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

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

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

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.

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

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

«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.»

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

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.

«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.»

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.

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.

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

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

It is the actions of politicians that determine 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.»

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

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...»

Not exact matches

The task of rhetoric is to divert attention from the fact that the financial sector aims not to «free» markets, but to place control in the hands of financial managers — whose logic is to subject economies to austerity and even depression, sell off public land and enterprises, suffer emigration and reduce living standards in the face of a sharply increasing concentration of wealth at the top of the economic pyramid.

Does the best way to restore living standards and productivity lie in imposing austerity that cuts back wages paid to public and private employees?

Sure this speaks of double standards to an extent but when you choose to live your life in the public eye that is what you have to be aware of.

The median Swedish family has a standard of living rough iv comparable with that of the median U.S. family: wages are if anything higher in Sweden, and a higher tax burden is offset by public provision of health care and generally better public services.

That is to say, theological schools have characteristically acted in this regard as though they acknowledged a responsibility to be part of a larger public cultural life and to be accountable to its standards.

Departing from his column's usual standards, Richard John Neuhaus («Lives Lived Greatly,» Public Square, June / July 2008) seems quite unfair to Sen. Barack Obama and his speech on race when he writes: «The single most telling statement in the Philadelphia speech is this: «I can no more disown him [Rev. Wright] than I can disown the black community.»