23rd September 2022
“The Chancellor said ‘not all of this is going to happen overnight,’ but it appears it is going to happen in darkness.” In response to the Chancellor’s ‘fiscal event’ on Friday 23rd September, the Chair of the UK Open Government Network, Kevin Keith, said: “There was nothing ‘mini’ about this so-called ‘mini-budget.’ It was the…
25th August 2022
International ‘good government’ body reveals UK could be declared ‘inactive. Transparency and accountability plan fails for 3rd successive time. Civil society concern after public standards commitment rejected. The UK government has been warned it could join Malta, Malawi and El Salvador in being declared ‘inactive’ by a global good government body. This follows a third…
14th April 2022
The UK Open Government Network steering committee has said the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, should resign in a statement issued today [14/04/22]. The UK open Government Network coordinates civil society input into the UK government’s national action plan on accountability and transparency. The statement highlighted the Ministerial Code, Nolan Principles, Sue Gray report, and…
2nd February 2022
Government accused of ‘backsliding’ in new anti-corruption plan Last minute changes ‘watered down’ anti-corruption plan. Civil society calls for ‘public standards’ commitment ‘ignored’. Commitment on a register of overseas entities owning property in the UK removed. The UK risks being designated ‘inactive’ by an international anti-corruption partnership it set up. Civil society organisations have accused…
3rd November 2021
PRESS STATEMENT Committee on Standards / Owen Patterson MP For immediate release: 3rd November 2021 Kevin Keith, Chair of the UK Open Government Network, said: “On Monday the Committee on Standards in Public Life published a report on upholding standards. It revealed that over three quarters of the British public agree that ethical standards in…
24th August 2021
As part of the co-creation process of the UK’s fifth National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP5), thematic areas agreed to during the Multistakeholder Forum in March 2021 have been turned into biweekly Working Groups. These Working Groups bring together government policy leads and civil society, and are charged with developing commitments for inclusion in…
11th August 2021
As part of the co-creation process of the UK’s fifth National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP5), thematic areas agreed to during the Multistakeholder Forum in March 2021 have been turned into biweekly Working Groups. These Working Groups bring together government policy leads and civil society, and are charged with developing commitments for inclusion in…
11th August 2021
As part of the co-creation process of the UK’s fifth National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP5), thematic areas agreed to during the Multistakeholder Forum in March 2021 have been turned into biweekly Working Groups. These Working Groups bring together government policy leads and civil society, and are charged with developing commitments for inclusion in…
20th July 2021
As part of the co-creation process of the UK’s fifth National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP5), thematic areas agreed to during the Multistakeholder Forum in March 2021 have been turned into biweekly Working Groups. These Working Groups bring together government policy leads and civil society, and are charged with developing commitments for inclusion in…
20th July 2021
As part of the co-creation process of the UK’s fifth National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP5), thematic areas agreed to during the Multistakeholder Forum in March 2021 have been turned into biweekly Working Groups. These Working Groups bring together government policy leads and civil society, and are charged with developing commitments for inclusion in…