What were the key lessons to emerge from the latest instalment of the Covid-19 Inquiry in March, which scrutinised the government’s approach to sourcing personal protective equipment (PPE)? From poor-decision...
Four years ago the Law Commission recommended a complete overhaul of the archaic misconduct in public office (MIPO) offence. The UK government has yet to provide a formal response to...
Business groups which provide the most corporate hospitality to government departments also get the most meetings with ministers and senior officials in those departments, according to a new report from...
Fair and transparent decision-making in government is critical for addressing historically low levels of public trust in the UK. Recent surveys have shown that 66% of people feel they have...
The lessons from the UK PPE scandals must be learned and those responsible must be held accountable. Public trust in government was seriously eroded by the sight of friends of...
The UK’s lobbying body, the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists (ORCL), has found that a Qatar-based lobbying firm did not need to declare its lobbying of a UK...
The rollback by the new Trump administration of anti-bribery and anti-kleptocracy enforcement alongside its suspension of USAID funding is a critical moment for the global fight against corruption. These actions...
Galvanised by the prospect of foreign donors – including a certain US-based tech billionaire – potentially contributing to UK political parties, over the last two weeks more than a dozen...
