After a scandal where a Chinese spy gave donations to a Labour MP, concerns were raised about All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs). As a result, the Standards Committee says there’s a need for new rules to prevent foreign governments gaining unfair influence. The Commons standards committee fears “hostile foreign actors” could be seeking to gain
Westminster is home to one of the most revered and well-respected political establishments in the world. UK politics has always prided itself on promoting its traditions, values, and high principles. But after a spate of damaging scandals, Westminster’s reputation is at risk. Standards in public life have slipped, and the public may have had enough.…
Ian Hislop says standards in British public life are “very depressing”, as he denounced the lobbying culture of MPs in a standards committee session this afternoon. Asked by the standards committee chair, Chris Bryant, how MPs were doing on standards in British public life, Hislop complained they were “not good”. The editor of Private Eye…
