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Intimidation in Public Life: joint statement on conduct of political party members

The Committee has published a joint statement of conduct on intimidatory behaviour for political parties, as follow up to its report, Intimidation in Public Life.

• From: Committee on Standards in Public Life
• Published: 17 December 2020

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Intimidation in Public Life: joint statement on conduct of political party members

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The Committee has been working with The Jo Cox Foundation since 2019 to take forward the recommendation that political parties work together to develop a joint code of conduct on intimidatory behaviour during election campaigns.

Our work to date has evolved through close collaboration with the political parties and draws on the language of existing party codes. The resulting statement is not intended to supersede or replace party codes of conduct or disciplinary processes, but to complement them by acting as a high level statement of principle outlining the minimum standards of behaviour that all party members should aspire to.

We wrote to political parties represented in Westminster asking them to confirm their support for the statement in time for the 2021 local elections. We welcome the support of the Labour Party, the SNP, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party for this statement.

Published 17 December 2020