The Constitution in Review - Fifth Report from the United Kingdom Constitution Monitoring

To form a basis for its work, in the absence of a codified constitution for the UK, the UKCMG has identified a set of 20 general and desirable guiding principles that express what we believe to be the core values underpinning the proper operation of the UK system of governance. [...] The Sewel convention has been central to the functioning of the territorial constitution, and in particular in ensuring that the legislative power of the UK Parliament is exercised in a way that does not encroach inappropriately upon the devolved spheres of operation. [...] In our previous report we also noted lack of clear material signs under Truss or under Sunak of a desire to address the underlying flaws in the 13 The Constitution in Review: Fifth Report from the United Kingdom Constitution Monitoring Group system for the maintenance of public integrity, (though Sunak did suggest at the outset of his premiership, and in the foreword to the edition of the Minister. [...] Under the provisions of the Elections Act 2022, the government is required to consult with the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission and the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee on the content of the draft statement. [...] However, as well as being the head of government, the Prime Minister is also a parliamentarian, and the leader of the largest party in the House of Commons, the party of which the individual who committed the contempt (and the allies who attempted to pressurise the Privileges Committee) was a member (and former leader).