MPs’ PAY: THE IPSA ALBATROSS AROUND PARLIAMENT’S NECK

Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:44:30 +0000

Remember the ‘good old days’ – I refer to 2009-10 – when transferring control of MPs’ pay and expenses from the Commons to an independent body, IPSA, was supposed to lance the boil of public outrage and usher in an era of smooth, rational and crisis-free regulation? Oh happy day! As we begin the latest […]

Lords reform: what next? Key incremental reforms following collapse of the Clegg bill

Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:28:49 +0000

27 June 2013 This morning I gave oral evidence to the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee inquiry entitled House of Lords reform: what next? This follows the failure of the coalition’s bill last year to introduce elections to the House of Lords. The committee is asking whether – at least until the […]

John Crook: The abolition of the Lord Chancellor

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:19:47 +0000

[Posted on behalf of John Crook] Last week a seminar was held marking the 10th anniversary of the abolition of the office of the Lord Chancellor. A note by Patrick O’Brien about what was discussed at this seminar is available here. On 12 June 2003, in what was one of the great political mysteries of our […]