Rules to Stop Ex-Ministers Taking Plum Jobs Were Toothless: Vetting Watchdog

Rules to Stop Ex-Ministers Taking Plum Jobs Were Toothless: Vetting Watchdog
Boris Johnson giving evidence to the Privileges Committee at the House of Commons, London, on March 22, 2023. House of Commons/UK Parliament via PA Media
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The current rules around preventing a revolving door of former ministers being rewarded with plum jobs in the industry they previously presided over are “toothless” and needed strengthening, a peer has said.

Lord Pickles, chairman of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba), has welcomed measures to apply fines for those found in breach of vetting procedures.