Standards watchdog urges Boris Johnson to appoint new ethics adviser
by Heather Stewart Political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#60V7R)
Letter from Lord Evans to Angela Rayner says PM must act now to avoid undermining public confidence
The chair of the committee on standards in public life has urged Boris Johnson to appoint a new ethics adviser immediately or risk undermining public confidence in the rules.
Christopher Geidt resigned as the prime minister's ethics adviser earlier this month, saying he had been put in an impossible and odious" position by being asked to rubber stamp a plan to maintain steel tariffs.
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