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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Liam James

Boris Johnson’s ministerial code shake-up will not restore public trust, says watchdog

Reuters

Boris Johnson has failed to counter the view that he and his ministers consider themselves above the rules, the leader of a powerful parliamentary ethics watchdog has said.

Jonathan Evans, the chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, said Mr Johnson’s planned changes to the ministerial code were “highly unsatisfactory” and undermined the role of the prime minister’s ethics adviser.

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