Tag: watchdog
Standards watchdog tells MPs they are not special outside Commons
Westminster's standards watchdog has told the BBC he has been running training schemes to help MPs remember they are "not special" outside the House o [...]
Justice Dept. Watchdog Criticizes Barr’s Role in Election Inquiry
The inspector general said he was troubled by William Barr’s decision in 2020 to brief President Trump on an inquiry over nine discarded ballots, whic [...]
DOJ Watchdog Attributes Roger Stone’s Reduced Sentence to Poor Leadership
The Justice Department’s in-house watchdog released its report on the reduction of Roger Stone’s sentence in a 2019 case related to the Trump-Russia i [...]
Abuse put people off election campaigning, says voting watchdog
PAIntimidation and abuse during the general election put people off campaigning, the head of the Electoral Commission has said. Vijay Rangarajan told [...]
Keir Starmer pledges to beef up standards watchdog rules
The prime minister has promised to beef up the powers of his ministerial standards watchdog.Sir Keir Starmer said he wants to allow Sir Laurie Magnus, [...]
Douglas Ross cleared of travel expenses misuse by watchdog
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has been cleared of any wrongdoing regarding claims he misused his travel expenses.The Independent Parliamen [...]
Rishi Sunak’s £2,000 Labour tax claim criticised by stats watchdog
The UK's statistics watchdog has criticised the prime minister over claims around the tax burden families could face if Labour wins the general electi [...]
Minister broke rules on expenses, watchdog finds
The MP for Blackpool North has agreed to pay back £1,367 for use of a state-of-the-art printer.
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Watchdog rejects MP's lobbying scandal complaint
A press regulator has said The Times investigation had a "clear public interest".
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Watchdog Group Accuses Trump Campaign of Violating Finance Law
The Campaign Legal Center said in a complaint that Trump political committees had used an intermediary firm “as a conduit to conceal payments” totalin [...]
Sunak has set us back, says climate watchdog head
In a BBC interview, Chris Stark says the PM has not made climate change "as much of a priority as his predecessors".
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EU Markets Watchdog ESMA Flagged MEV as Market Abuse Under MiCA, Drawing Concern From Crypto Industry
MEV is often called an "invisible tax" on users, since certain methods for extracting it, like sandwich attacks and frontrunning, can eat directly int [...]
Cabinet minister slams watchdog after 'Tory abuse'
David TC Davies wants both a new ombudsman and a new public services watchdog body after the row.
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Watchdog official suspended over online Tory abuse
Sinead Cook is reported to have written expletive-filled online messages aimed at the Conservatives.
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Crypto Exchange Binance Blocked by Philippines Securities Watchdog
The regulator filed a formal request with the national telecommunications agency on March 12 to help in "blocking the website and other web pages used [...]