George Osborne has ANOTHER job! Ex-Chancellor is elected as chairman of British Museum

George Osborne has ANOTHER job! Ex-Chancellor is elected as chairman of British Museum… while still heading Northern Powerhouse Partnership and partner at financial consultancy (after quitting as Evening Standard editor) George Osborne is joining the board of the British Museum as its chairman Former chancellor will succeed Sir Richard Lambert as chair on October 4 … Read more

George Osborne has ANOTHER job! Ex-Chancellor is elected as chairman of British Museum

George Osborne has ANOTHER job! Ex-Chancellor is elected as chairman of British Museum… while still heading Northern Powerhouse Partnership and partner at financial consultancy (after quitting as Evening Standard editor) George Osborne is joining the board of the British Museum as its chairman Former chancellor will succeed Sir Richard Lambert as chair on October 4 … Read more

Standards watchdog recommends major overhaul of lobbying rules

Lobbying rules should be legally enforceable and ex-ministers who break them should face fines, says standards watchdog in wake of David Cameron Greensill row Committee on Standards in Public Life has published report on lobbying rules  It recommends rules on ex-minister business appointments should be put in law Also calls for PM’s adviser on ministers’ … Read more

Standards watchdog recommends major overhaul of lobbying rules

Lobbying rules should be legally enforceable and ex-ministers who break them should face fines, says standards watchdog in wake of David Cameron Greensill row Committee on Standards in Public Life has published report on lobbying rules  It recommends rules on ex-minister business appointments should be put in law Also calls for PM’s adviser on ministers’ … Read more

Standards watchdog ‘to recommend five year lobbying ban for ministers’

Independent standards watchdog ‘will recommend up to five year lobbying ban for ministers when they leave power’ in wake of David Cameron Greensill row Independent Committee on Standards in Public Life making recommendations The watchdog is set to call for lobbying ban for ex-ministers of up to five years  Proposed changes come in wake of … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: Will backseat driver Mrs May trip up Bojo? 

After leaving No 10 in fairly ignominious fashion having failed over Brexit, Theresa May was praised for her commitment to public service by remaining as a backbench MP. What a different tone, some felt, she struck from Tony Blair and his pursuit of riches, or David Cameron‘s toe-curling attempts at lobbying.  Most MPs assumed the … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: Will backseat driver Mrs May trip up Bojo? 

After leaving No 10 in fairly ignominious fashion having failed over Brexit, Theresa May was praised for her commitment to public service by remaining as a backbench MP. What a different tone, some felt, she struck from Tony Blair and his pursuit of riches, or David Cameron‘s toe-curling attempts at lobbying.  Most MPs assumed the … Read more