Kim Leadbeater outlines safeguards as some MPs worry proposal does not bar doctors in England and Wales from suggesting optionUK politics live – latest updatesFewer than 1,000 patients a year in England and Wales are...
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Read MoreQuestions raised on loopholes in ban on foreign donations to political parties and their effects on the electoral systemThe head of the government’s ethics advisory body has called for an overhaul of the rules on political...
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Read MoreConcern that PM wants to keep same remit as for Christopher Geidt, with no enhanced powersSeveral candidates have turned down the role of Rishi Sunak’s ethics adviser, to which the prime minister had pledged to appoint...
Read MoreBusiness day at party’s autumn conference will give lobbyists and CEOs access to senior ministers, raising ethics concerns The Tories are selling access to the likely new chancellor and senior ministers at almost...
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