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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Dave Hill

Should the Standards Board go?

If the Boris "Greengate" intervention gets that far, one non-Boris fan won't be pleased:

The membership of the Standards Board is unelected, composed of individuals such as retired council chief executives and the like. Not normally a problem for a quango - indeed it is par for the course. However, most quangos do not have the power the overturn the expressed will of the electorate, as the Standards Board does.

Ginger elaborates here.

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