'Cash for peerages' row hits Tories
Press Review 11 June 2004
The House of Lords Appointments Commission has raised concerns about the £7 million of donations made by four new Conservative peers.
Sleaze not spin at heart of apathy
Press Review 26 May 2004
An academic study has found that the public's perception of sleaze is the main reason for disaffection with politics.
Forum of Private Business
Government Affairs Website
Committee probes standards regime
News Article 18 May 2004
The UK's sleaze watchdog has begun to examine whether the rules governing politicians, civil servants and quango chiefs are too tough and overly bureaucratic.
Tories ditch MEP over expenses row
Press Review 13 May 2004
Controversial Conservative MEP Bashir Khanbhai has been removed from the party's election list.
Tories ditch expenses row MEP
News Article 12 May 2004
Controversial Conservative MEP Bashir Khanbhai has been removed from the party's election list.
Tory MEP returns expenses
Press Review 5 May 2004
Conservative MEP Bashir Khanbhai has returned an undisclosed sum to the European Parliament after claiming travel expenses to an address which does not exist.
New anti-sleaze chief appointed
Press Review 23 April 2004
The former head of the Northern Ireland Parades Commission has been chosen as the new head of the committee on standards in public life.
New sleaze watchdog chairman named
News Article 22 April 2004
Sir Alistair Graham is to be the next chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Number 10 has said.
Ministers slammed over special advisers
News Article 23 February 2004
The government has been slammed by the committee on standards in public life for failing to clarify the role of special advisers.
Elections watchdog warns on transparency rules
Press Review 12 February 2004
Speaking to the Guardian, Electoral Commission chief Sam Younger warns that rules on disclosure of information may be deterring honest people from entering politics.
Depression Alliance
Government Affairs Website
SCOP
Government Affairs Website
Sir Nigel Wicks - Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life
Interview 12 January 2004
Sir Nigel Wicks, chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, talks to ePolitix.com.
Labour dismisses donor row
Press Review 24 December 2003
