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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Henry Dyer

Ministers should attest they have complied with code, says ethics adviser

Suella Braverman, watched by a police officer, arrives for the first meeting of Rishi Sunak’s cabinet in October 2022, a week after resigning from Liz Truss’s government for breaching the ministerial code.
Suella Braverman arrives for the first meeting of Rishi Sunak’s cabinet in October 2022, a week after resigning from Liz Truss’s government for breaching the ministerial code. Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty Images

Ministers should have to make an annual attestation that they have abided by the ministerial code, Rishi Sunak’s independent standards adviser has said.

Sir Laurie Magnus, a former banker, has been the independent adviser on ministers’ interests since December 2022. He was speaking to the Commons standards committee when he revealed his idea for a “written confirmation of compliance and adherence” to the ministerial code, to be made annually by ministers.

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