’s top job will be subject to greater scrutiny in a bid to avoid a repeat of the conflict of interest row which led to the resignation of Richard Sharp.The deadline for applications to replace Sharp in the £160,000 a year role passed last Monday.
Speaking to the newspaper, one source said the guidance puts the “responsibility” firmly on candidates to declare fully anything which might be a conflict of interest. The commissioner’s report into Sharp criticised parts of his appointment process in 2021 but also press leaks that he was ministers’ preferred candidate – which the commissioner said “may well have discouraged people from applying”.
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