The disinfectant to ‘sleaze’ in government is transparency – this is what an IPSA mark II should look like

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A new organisation was set up – the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority – created by Parliament to regulate MPs in their use of taxpayers’ money; a body that was invited to take seriously the first word in its title “independent”. The challenge now is to see whether MPs and the public think that the issues raised warrant such a response or whether they think, or can be persuaded, that it’s just Westminster “tittle-tattle”. One way points towards the rule of law, the other points to more of the same, to take its place alongside trips to Barnards Castle, PPE contracts, and other things we shouldn’t worry ourselves about.