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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Post-ministerial jobs watchdog closes as part of UK government ethics shake-up

Doug Chalmers
Doug Chalmers, chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, will head the new Ethics and Integrity Commission. Photograph: Gov.uk

The much-criticised watchdog that scrutinises the jobs UK ministers can take after leaving office will be formally scrapped on Monday as part of a wider shake-up of the ethics structure in government.

The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba), described by critics as fundamentally toothless, has been closed, a Cabinet Office announcement said, with its functions taken over by two existing regulators.

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