The Committee on Standards in Public Life is an independent public body which advises government on ethical standards across the whole of public life in the UK.
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Welcome to the Committee on Standards in Public Life website - promoting high standards of behaviour in the public sphere through the Seven Principles of Public Life enunciated by the Nolan Committee
RECENT NEWS
2 February 2012
The Committee has published its submission to the Political and Constitutional Reform Select Commitee which is currently conducting pre-legislative scrutiny of the Government's draft Bill on the recall of MPs. You can view the submission here.
19 January
The Committee on Standards in Public Life held a seminar, which was open to the public, on researching public attitudes towards public life. A transcript of the event is available here. An additional note on the Committee's research responding to questions raised at the seminar is also available here.
18 January
The Committee published its response to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority's 2011 review of the MPs' expenses scheme. You can find the document here.
The Committee on Standards in Public Life published its report on political party finance in November 2011. You can download the report - Political Party Finance - Ending the big donor culture - and supporting documents here.
11 November 2011
The Committee has moved offices and all of our contact details have changed. You can find our new details here.
PREVIOUS NEWS
September 2011
The Committee on Standards in Public Life published its Annual Report 2010/11. You can download a copy here (pdf 531Kb).
The Committee has also published its fourth biennial survey of attitudes towards conduct in public life, including the results of research into political party finance as part of its current inquiry. You can download a copy of the survey here.
February 2011
The Committee on Standards in Public Life has published its response to the IPSA Review of MPs' Expenses Scheme For further details please click here.
January 2011
The Committee on Standards in Public Life has submitted evidence to the Public Bill Committee on the Localism Bill setting out its concerns about the proposed abolition of the local government standards regime. To download a copy of the submission, please click here (pdf 100Kb).
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