Conservative John Penrose, the Prime Minister’s anti-corruption champion, said he would not support Labour’s motion but made suggestions for reforms on lobbying. He highlighted the importance of disclosures of who ministers have met, adding in the Commons: “Those disclosures don’t happen fast enough, they aren’t complete enough, they aren’t mutually comprehensible…
Senior Tory backbenchers have called for a change in the rules around lobbying but refused to back Labour’s bid for a full parliamentary inquiry into the Greensill scandal. Labour had sought to push through an investigation led by MPs into lobbying between Whitehall and the private sector in a vote…
The document below contains John’s full submission to Lord Evans’ upcoming report on keeping our standards in public life up to date. As the Government’s Anti-Corruption Champion, John explains that the integrity framework is as important and relevant today as it has ever been and, because the nature of corruption…
