Tag: Robert Barrington
The revolving door between the public and private sector is a corruption time-bomb at the heart of British politics
The new year has brought yet more comment about the exploitation of loopholes in the ethical oversight of British politics, long flagged as a key corruption risk for the UK by Transparency International. It is, of course, arguable which cases are corrupt, which represent poor judgement, and which are ethical failures – but from the granting of […]
The best of Democratic Audit’s 2015 coverage of Parliament and Parliamentary reform
2015 has been an eventful year as far as Parliament is concerned. Despite developments concerning the election, Committees, the House of Lords, party funding, and lobbying, the fundamentals of the system remain the same. Here, Democratic Audit provide the best of our coverage of parliament, parliamentary reform, and related issues. Similar PostsAudit 2017: How democratic […]
The House of Commons is the most vulnerable to lobbying of any of the UK’s legislatures
How concerned should we be about lobbying? Very, according to the campaign organisation Transparency International in this blog by their director Robert Barrington. Their new report argues that lobbying is a serious problem, that it cannot be tackled in isolation from other related issues, that the system is beset by loopholes, and that the House […]
EU’s anti-corruption report shows 69% of UK citizens see our media as corrupt, 55% for Parliament, and 24% for the judiciary
This week, the EU published its first Anti-Corruption Report. It looks at corruption and anti-corruption measures in EU member states – and has naturally been controversial, being therefore serially delayed as the Commission plucked up the courage to publish it. Transparency International’s Robert Barrington argues that the report is a welcome is welcome, timely, and worrying. Similar PostsThe […]
The Lobbying Bill is a missed opportunity
In response to recent lobbying scandals, the government has introduced the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill, which had its first reading in Parliament earlier this month. The Bill seeks to introduce a register of consultant lobbyists and deals with issues relating to election finance. Robert Barrington, Executive Director of Transparency […]
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