The Guardian Politics8 Mar 2026
The Guardian view on secrecy in parliament: hiding the names of MPs’ staff would undermine democracy | Editorial
Security concerns must be treated seriously. But with trust in politics fraying, transparency has never been more necessary The recommendation that the names of MPs’ staff should be removed from a decades-old register, made by the House of Commons standards committee, is a retrograde step away from transparency. It is also appallingly timed. Public confidence in institutions including the government is fragile. A Labour MP resigned the whip just this week, after her husband was arrested on suspi
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