Intimidation in Public Life: A Review by the Committee on Standards in Public Life
The Committee's seventeenth report, Intimidation in public life: A Review by the Committee on Standards in Public Life, published in December 2017.
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In recent years, the intimidation experienced by Parliamentary candidates, and others in public life, has become a threat to the diversity, integrity, and vibrancy of representative democracy in the UK.
The Committee reports on its review of intimidation in public life, including Parliamentary candidates and others.
The Committee makes a package of recommendations for action to government, social media companies, political parties, the police, broadcast and print media, and MPs and Parliamentary candidates themselves.
The Government’s response to the review was published in March 2018.
Please note that the recommendation that ‘The political parties must work together to develop a joint code of conduct on intimidatory behaviour during election campaigns by December 2018’ has since been revised. The Committee decided at their October meeting that, in view of the continuing evidence of intimidation in public life, this joint standard should apply at all times and not just during periods of general election campaigns.
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