Voters have been denied the right to know whether any ministers declared past criminal convictions when appointed, after a transparency tribunal upheld Whitehall attempts to keep its vetting processes secret for data protection reasons. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Ministers’ criminal records to remain secret, tribunal rulesThe public has been denied the right to know of ministers’ disclosures of criminal records during vetting processes, despite a ‘legitimate public interest’www.thetimes.com