Convicted fraudster Louise Haigh has been given responsibility for propriety and ethics in government as a whole. Clown country latest…
As Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Haigh has oversight of the entire Cabinet Office, and, according to the government:
Haigh pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud by false representation in 2014. She had told police her work phone had been stolen during a mugging, but it later transpired the handset was in her possession…
She will also be first secretary of state, a sometimes-used office that usually carries a similar brief to the DPM. Even more beefed up…
With control of propriety and ethics convicted criminal Haigh will have oversight of ministerial standards and conflicts of interest, the handling of allegations of misconduct, the work of the Propriety and Ethics Commission. She is also responsible for many public appointments and their propriety. National security is mostly a matter for the Cabinet Office, which Haigh will be running. Here we go…
Robert Jenrick on the Today programme:
“Can you now give a guarantee to your listeners this morning that no BBC presenter in the future will be exposed as a paedophile, as a number have been in the recent past? No, of course you can’t…”