All posts tagged "watchdog"
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How Government Works: A guide to the corridors of power in the UKUnderstanding how the UK government, parliament and civil service work can be daunting. In a series of podcasts, Global Government Forum provides an in-depth guide to how the UK government
- Posted December 19, 2024
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UK standards watchdog slams government’s attack on parliamentary scrutinyThe chair of the UK’s public standards watchdog today condemned the government’s attempt to reshape the system charged with policing MPs’ behaviour, calling it “a very serious and damaging moment
- Posted November 4, 2021
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Internet freedom in sharp decline, watchdog warnsA lack of regulation and a rise in authoritarian government control has led to an “unprecedented assault on free expression online”, with global internet freedom declining for the eleventh consecutive
- Posted September 24, 2021
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UK public standards watchdog sounds alarm over politicians’ behaviour
A “perception is taking root” that public leaders are “choosing to disregard the norms of ethics and propriety” that should define their behaviour, the head of the UK’s public standards
- Posted November 17, 2020
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UK’s FCA: customers must be told about ‘access to cash’ changesThe UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told banks considering closing either a branch or ATM that they will need to provide an analysis of the likely impact on customers’
- Posted September 17, 2020
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Two top US officials serving illegally, accountability office rulesTwo top-ranking homeland security officials are serving illegally, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has said. The GAO believes that flaws in the way successions were handled mean that the
- Posted August 19, 2020
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Four US State Department aides subpoenaed in investigation into watchdog firingHouse Democrats have subpoenaed four senior aides to secretary of state Mike Pompeo, accusing them of stonewalling an investigation into president Trump’s firing of State Department inspector general Steve Linick.
- Posted August 5, 2020
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Select committee ‘astonished’ by UK’s failure to plan for pandemicThe UK government failed to consider in advance how it might deal with the economic impacts of a pandemic, rushed its response to COVID-19, and must “ensure it doesn’t repeat
- Posted July 28, 2020
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US watchdogs warn of fraud and error risks in stimulus deliveryUS federal agencies face significant challenges distributing the country’s US$2.2 trillion coronavirus relief fund, a committee of government watchdogs has found. In its first report on delivery of the stimulus
- Posted June 23, 2020
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Trump fires State Department watchdog running Pompeo investigationA State Department inspector general believed to be investigating secretary of state Mike Pompeo for potential abuse of office has been sacked by president Trump, raising concerns among both Republican
- Posted May 19, 2020
