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Labour Party UK
Labour to ban former ministers from lobbying for 5 years
...Acoba chair Lord Eric Pickles last year called for more powers for the “essentially toothless” body, saying that its rulings could be ignored by “thick-skinned” individuals....
May 31, 2023
Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson broke rules over hedge fund behind Venezuela trip, says watchdog
...Lord Eric Pickles, chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, reported the breach in a letter to deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden on Friday....
April 19, 2024
FT Live
Future of Asset Management Europe
New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence
Tuesday, 12 NovemberLondon, UK
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Former DPP criticised by Whitehall appointments watchdog
...The barrister “chose to blatantly disregard” the vetting process that former public officials are supposed to follow when seeking employment after leaving the civil service, according to Lord Eric Pickles...
March 4, 2024
UK politics
Watchdog asks Johnson to clarify his relationship with hedge fund
...Lord Eric Pickles, the chair of Acoba, last year wrote to Johnson telling him that his appointment as a columnist for the Daily Mail without previous advice from the committee was a “clear and unambiguous...
March 20, 2024
Life & Arts
FT Weekend Quiz solutions
...Round on the Links The link was McDonald’s food and drink Eric Pickles Patty Hearst Who Moved My Cheese?...
October 6, 2023
Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson’s Daily Mail column broke rules, vetting body warns
...Lord Eric Pickles, chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, warned on Tuesday of the risk of “further scandal” if his committee, often labelled toothless, did not gain new powers to impose...
June 27, 2023
FT Live
Business of Luxury Summit
Gathering leaders in luxury for the 20th year
Sunday, 19 MayVenice, Italy
News updates from June 27: Russia drops Wagner charges, Lukashenko says Prigozhin is in Belarus
Boris Johnson’s Daily Mail column breached rules, government hears
...Lord Eric Pickles, chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, warned of a risk of “further scandal” if his committee, often derided as toothless, was not handed new powers, including the ability...
June 27, 2023
GB News
Boris Johnson to host TV shows on GB News
...“As a former prime minister, you must be careful not to offer any unfair insight as a result of your access to information and potential influence in government,” he was told in a letter by Lord Eric Pickles...
October 27, 2023
Sue Gray
Sue Gray should be able to take up Labour role before election, say vetting body insiders
...“A delay of over a year is highly unusual; it would effectively be saying ‘the move is not acceptable’,” said one person close to the body, which is chaired by Tory peer Lord Eric Pickles....
May 3, 2023
UK politics
Ministers say Gray refused to help inquiry into new role with Labour
...It now lies with Acoba, the independent business appointments body chaired by former Tory minister Lord Eric Pickles, to determine how long Gray must wait before she takes on the new job....
May 2, 2023
HTSIThe 2023 women’s style special
What’s the McFlurry about fashion and fast food?
...His order was a double cheeseburger without pickles; older kids would be doing wheelies on motorbikes in the car park....
February 13, 2023
Greensill Capital
Ex-senior civil servant took Greensill job without telling watchdog
...Eric Pickles, the former Tory cabinet minister who now chairs Acoba, said in an interview last week that the body was toothless — a situation that could be remedied “in the bat of an eye” by ministers....
March 31, 2021
UK economy
UK cladding pledges raise £2bn but leave questions for Gove
...Last week, former housing secretary Eric Pickles contested claims that a drive to cut regulation had affected fire-safety rules but was criticised by Grenfell survivors for what they described as his disrespectful...
April 10, 2022
UK politics
Whitehall watchdog rebukes former UK chancellor over lobbying Treasury
...Lord Eric Pickles, chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, strongly criticised Hammond in letters released on Wednesday and alleged the former chancellor had considered seeking an injunction...
September 1, 2021
HTSI
Five new nose-to-tail dining destinations
...Lemon peels contribute to in-house sodas; leaves and stems are turned into pickles; and there’s talk of a fermentation programme to help support the bar....
January 10, 2022
FT Live
Business of Entertainment Summit
Capitalizing on Disruption
Thursday, 19 SeptemberLos Angeles, CA
Greensill Capital
Senior civil servant held Greensill role while still in government
...Lord Eric Pickles, chair of Acoba, in late March had told Crothers and the Cabinet Office that it appeared he had breached government rules when he became a Greensill director because he had not taken advice...
April 14, 2021
UK Government
Whitehall official’s failure to declare role broke rules, watchdog says
...In an exchange of letters published by the Cabinet Office, Lord Eric Pickles, who oversees the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba), said Crothers had broken official government rules by not...
April 15, 2021
The Big Read
The David Cameron scandal: just how sleazy is British politics?
...Lord Eric Pickles, chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, which vets moves of senior politicians and civil servants, warned this week of a culture where “the existing cohort looked after...
April 16, 2021
News in-depthUK politics lobbying
Greensill affair exposes opaque UK lobbying rules
...Currently chaired by former Conservative minister Lord Eric Pickles, Acoba only has the power to advise on business appointments and, beyond noting non-compliance, is unable to enforce the rules or block...
April 14, 2021
David Cameron
Cameron faces probe into links with Greensill at heart of UK government
...The committee last week took evidence from Eric Pickles, chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, who called for a “review of lobbying” in the wake of the revelations about Cameron....
March 29, 2021
UK politics
Matt Hancock accused of ‘cronyism’ over his stake in NHS supplier
...Speaking at a parliamentary select committee on Thursday, Eric Pickles, chair of lobbying watchdog the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, warned that there appeared to be few “boundaries” between...
April 16, 2021
Camilla Cavendish
Closing the ‘revolving door’ would weaken government further
...The chair of that committee, Lord Eric Pickles, has said there appear to be no “boundaries at all” for senior civil servants moving into the private sector. That is extraordinary....
April 23, 2021
Sanjeev Gupta
Gupta’s GFG Alliance under fire over advisory board appointments
...“I followed the advice that this committee gave and was very surprised to receive this letter from Eric Pickles. “I would have [preferred] that they had just said no at the start....
November 10, 2020
News in-depthUK politics
Queen’s Speech: The key bills in Johnson’s post-Covid agenda
...Lord Eric Pickles conducted a review into electoral corruption in the London borough of Tower Hamlets, which the government said “exposed vulnerability” in the British electoral system....
May 11, 2021
Due Diligence
The GameStop circus heads to Capitol Hill Premium content
...BP, however, which pledged last year to increase renewable power generation capacity 20 fold by 2030 as part of its net-zero promise was in a pickle, said Pouyanné....
February 18, 2021

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