How can Labour reset standards in public life and improve trust in our politics?

04/10/2024 1h 3min Temporada 1 Episodio 264
How can Labour reset standards in public life and improve trust in our politics?

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Episode Synopsis

After a series of awkward stories over gifts and donations, how can Labour reassert its credentials around upholding public standards - and avoid standards issues distracting from its wider agenda for government? 
 
This event will explore how key reforms such as the creation of the long-promised Ethics and Integrity Commission and establishment of the Modernisation Committee will work and what else needs to be done to restore trust in politics.
 
Speakers:

Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP, Leader of the House of Commons

Stephen Bush, Associate Editor and Columnist at the Financial Times

Tim Durrant, Programme Director at the Institute for Government

Duncan Hames, Director of Policy and Programmes at Transparency International UK

Dr Susan Hawley, Executive Director of Spotlight on Corruption

This event was chaired by Dr Hannah White, Director and CEO of the Institute for Government.

This event was in partnership with Spotlight on Corruption, Transparency International UK, and the UK Anti-Corruption Coalition.
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