Correspondence between Lord Evans and the Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Lord Evans wrote to the Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and received a response from Lee Rowley MP, Minister for Local Government
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Lord Evans has written to the Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, in light of the government鈥檚 recent response to the Committee鈥檚 2019 report on Local Government Ethical Standards.
Lord Evans expressed disappointment that many of the Committee鈥檚 recommendations had not been accepted by the government despite clear evidence that the sector backed our call to strengthen the arrangements in place to support high ethical standards. Lord Evans urged the government to the reconsider the Committee鈥檚 recommendations.