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Places at the Seventh Annual Assembly of Standards Committees are going fast, following the launch of the conference microsite and online booking system last month.
Booking is now open for the Seventh Annual Assembly of Standards Committees with the launch of the new conference website.
The Standards Board for England is on the road this week to attend and run sessions at both the Conservative and Labour party local government conferences.
A former member of Tewkesbury Borough Council and Gloucestershire County Council was banned from being or standing for election as a councillor for four years by the Adjudication Panel for England this week, following a Standards Board for England investigation.
Glenys Stacey is joining the Standards Board for England as Chief Executive in the new year.
Parmjit Dhanda MP, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Communities and Local Government, opened the Sixth Annual Assembly of Standards Committees, Down to Detail, by setting out proposals for the future of local government. The event was held by the Standards Board for England and took place at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham on 15-16 October 2007.
A former council leader who accessed child pornography on a computer owned by Dartford Borough Council has been banned from office for five years following a Standards Board for England investigation.
10.10.07
The Standards Board for England has produced a range of online Code of Conduct factsheets giving guidance and information on topics identified as receiving the most interest from people working with the Code.
04.09.07
The Standards Board for England's latest DVD, 'The Code Uncovered', has been released this week.
24.08.07
The Sixth Annual Assembly of Standards Committees is now fully booked, with over 750 delegates set to attend the event at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham in October.
The Standards Board for England has published an occasional paper exploring difficult and controversial issues relating to members’ conduct.
Former Great Yarmouth Borough Council member John Hudson has been disqualified for 18 months after a case tribunal found that he had failed to treat others with respect and brought the council and the office of councillor into disrepute.
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council member Simon Smith has been suspended for three months by the council’s standards committee, for bringing his office and authority into disrepute, as well as using the authority’s resources contrary to the authority’s requirements and for party political purposes.
Over 500 delegates are already signed up to attend the Sixth Annual Assembly of Standards Committees, Down to detail: Making local regulation work.
Portsmouth City Council member Phil Shaddock has been disqualified from being or becoming a councillor for three months at a hearing of the Adjudication Panel for England on Friday (18 May).
The Standards Board for England has welcomed the simpler, clearer revised Code of Conduct, which came into force on 3 May.
23.04.07
The relocation of the Standards Board was completed today (23 April) with the official opening of the new Manchester office.
18.04.07
Sara Goodwin has been appointed as the Head of Legal Services at the Standards Board for England and will officially take up her post on 23 April.
A former member of Tewkesbury Borough Council and Gloucestershire County Council was banned from being or standing for election as a councillor for four years by the Adjudication Panel for England this week, following a Standards Board for England investigation.
