Changes to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards’ investigation process won’t affect expenses investigations, writes Nick Dickinson. But the reason why reveals the deeper challenges in transforming Parliament into a modern workplace.
Month: July 2018
In evidence to the House of Commons Liaison Committee this week Theresa May discussed the Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster. Alexandra Meakin discusses the importance of government support for the R&R programme.
Labour recently announced that any new peers it nominates must commit to abolishing the House of Lords. In this post, Pete Dorey discusses Labour’s track record on Lords reform and why the party has failed to enact serious reforms when in government, arguing that the subject has suffered from a lack of intra-party consensus and a lack of serious interest in reform at ministerial level.
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July 2018 newsletter
Welcome to the July edition of our newsletter, including:
- Reminder: Our Conference – 07 Sept deadline
- Qualitative Methods Workshop – thank you
- Note from Victoria University
- Job alert: University Teacher at Sheffield University
- Recently on our blog
If you have any notices / messages you would like us to circulate to the group, please let us know (including events, new research projects, grants, publications, etc.). Or other ideas for the group and feedback for us, they’re welcome too!
This is our last newsletter of the summer – we will be back in September!
Best wishes,
Marc (@marcgeddes), Louise (@LouiseVThompson) Alex (@A_Meakin) and Seán (@S_Haughey)
Meg Munn, former UK Parliament MP, and Minister for Women and Equalities, discusses the work of Global Partners Governance with MPs in Tanzania.