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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy Gibbons

Labour calls vote to give MPs powers to appoint new ethics adviser

PA Wire

Labour is calling a vote to give MPs powers to hold ministers to account if Boris Johnson’s ethics chief is not replaced.

The party’s proposals, which will be put to the Commons on Tuesday, would grant a parliamentary committee the right to initiate its own investigations into potential breaches of the ministerial code, led by a new specialist adviser.

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