Official account - The Ethics and Integrity Commission promotes high standards in public life and reports to the UK Prime Minister on ethical matters.
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Doug Chalmers, Chair of the EIC, has written to the Prime Minister this morning on the health of ethical standards in public life.
While acknowledging where progress has been made, the letter urges the government to accelerate reform in a range of areas.
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"We are at a pivotal moment for standards reform."
In a new blog post, EIC Chair Doug Chalmers reflects on last week's letter to the Prime Minister, public trust, and the importance of the Commission's lobbying recommendations.
Read it here: eic.independent-commission.u…
It was a privilege to join the panel @UCL's 'Policy and Practice' seminar yesterday on the future of lobbying regulation in the UK.
The panel highlighted how crucial the implementation of the recommendations, made in the EIC's July report, is to trust in public life.
On the day before the EIC publishes its first letter to the Prime Minister on the health of standards in public life, our Chief Executive, Stu Sterling, reflects on a 'productive inaugural year' for the EIC in a new blog post.
Read more below.
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"Councillors and councils are the shop window for democracy and politics and their conduct matters"
Ruth Dombey OBE has written for the EIC on the topics of trust, local government, and the importance of codes of conduct.
Read the full article: eic.independent-commission.u…
The Commission's review into the public-sector ombudsman system is making great progress.
A huge thanks to @PublicServOmb, @HousingOmbuds, and LGSCO, who made this week's roundtable so productive.
Find out more about the review here: eic.independent-commission.u…
Our CEO, Stu Sterling, will be joining Baroness Hayter, Dr Susan Hawley, Duncan Hames, and Jon Gerlis at UCL on 15th October to discuss the regulation of lobbying in the UK and the EIC's recent report.
Follow the link below to reserve your place.
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Strong codes of ethical conduct, adopted and embedded successfully, can not only improve recruitment, but also support the retention of existing staff.
Our call for evidence closes on 27 September.
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An update from the Chair on the recent work of the Commission.
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Codes of ethical conduct should weave moral fibre through all of public life.
The EIC would like to thank the recent contributors to our call for evidence, including the @britishmuseum, who found time during their busy Bayeux Tapestry exhibition preparations to talk to us.
Work on creating practical guidance which will support public authorities develop and embed codes of ethical conduct is gathering pace.
Thank you @CivServComm @WhistleUK @IBEUK @LGAcomms @CollegeofPolice @uclspp, the MOD AIRU and the IoR for your constructive input this week.
Thank you @NIPSO_Comms @SPSO_Ombudsman
@CitizensAdvice @JudiciaryUK @AF_Commissioner and @PublicServiceOmbudsman for Wales
for giving such interesting and insightful evidence to the EIC's Ombudsman Review over the last month.
Find out more: bit.ly/4gRTCIF
ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
We have launched a call for evidence for our Codes of Ethical Conduct project.
This evidence will inform guidance for public sector codes of conduct, in support of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill known as the Hillsborough Law.
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Our Chief Executive was delighted to meet with Thelma Stober today.
Thelma leads LGA's Legal and Governance area and is assisting our work to supply guidance to the public sector on their new duty to provide a formal code of conduct under the Public Office (Accountability) Bill.
We’re continuing to gather evidence for our Ombudsman Review.
Many thanks to those regulators who attended our roundtable, and also to Gareth Davies, Comptroller and Auditor General for the NAO, who provided evidence to the Commission last week.
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We’re pleased to launch today our Codes of Ethical Conduct project, in support of the Hillsborough Law.
The EIC's guidance will help the public sector put ethics and integrity at the heart of public service delivery.
Find out more here:
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The EIC has today published its first report, a review of lobbying, business appointment rules, and disclosure.
Read the full report and our recommendations below.
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The EIC is busy holding verbal evidence sessions for our Ombudsman Review.
It was great to meet Ken Sutton, the former Secretary to the Hillsborough Independent Panel, who shared his expertise and insight with us this week.
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Today marks ten years since Jo was killed.
We remember Jo as a mother, sister, daughter, wife, friend, campaigner and public servant. We remember her courage, her compassion, and her belief that we have more in common than that which divides us.
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