The House of Commons standards committee has recommended redacting the Register of Interests of Members’ Staff, which lists who MPs have on the payroll and to whom they are granting permanent access to the parliamentary estate via a pass.
After staff unions complained about “safety” the committee has recommended “redacting the names of all MPs’ staff and replacing them with their job titles, as well as removing from the register anyone who has no financial interests to declare.” Rendering it useless…
GMB has claimed credit:
Starmer promised a “transparency revolution” when he entered government. Pointless…
Starmer loyalist and Housing Secretary Steve Reed told Sky News that Starmer should not be replaced:
“We saw what the Tories did. They were in power for 14 years, and after 2016, I think we had nine education secretaries, seven chancellors, and five Prime Ministers. Doomscrolling through Prime Ministers doesn’t resolve the problem.”
