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There is currently a lot of interest in the ministerial code and the #NolanPrinciples.

This thread highlights some of the data we’ve collected on potential breaches of ministerial and parliamentary rules.

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.@DanielJBruce recently told the Committee on Standards in Public Life how we’d found 120 incidents since 2015 where either ministerial or parliamentary rules were potentially breached in Westminster.

Thirty of these incidents were in 2020.

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Of these 30 cases, there are nine where it is alleged that the ministerial code may have been breached that include risks of #corruption.

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Seemingly believing Desmond is still The Express, Jenrick asks his parliamentary staff to arrange a meeting. The email makes no reference to the #Westferry application, but is sent late at night the day after he “inadvertently” sat next to Desmond at the Carlton Political Dinner.
So this is likely to be about trying to ensure Express support for the Tories during the GE campaign (see ref to “purdah”)
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