But there are also the non-statutory so-called "Nolan principles" as set out by the Committee on Standards in Public Life following the sleaze scandals of the mid-90s.

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The independent inquiry concluded Mr Morrell, Mr Williams and deputy leader Councillor Jacqui Rayment fell below national guidelines of openness and honesty for public life - known as the Nolan principles.

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He said the Jury Team candidates had "legally committed themselves to our three guiding principles of democracy, accountability and transparency and to abiding by the seven Nolan Principles of Public Life".

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The independent inquiry concluded the behaviour of Mr Morrell, Mr Williams and the then deputy leader Mrs Rayment fell below national guidelines of openness and honesty in public life - known as the Nolan principles.

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You may remember Lord Nolan's principles of public life and the two words or rather the one word out of that "integrity" seem to be quite crucial here.

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