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The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA), that provides independent advice to former Ministers and the most senior servants on appointments they wish to take up on leaving government, has today published a rep…
Information about ACOBA's work during the pre-election period.
New Independent Members appointed to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
ACOBA's response to the Deputy Prime Minister regarding government response to CSPL, Boardman and PACAC reports
Correspondence between the Chair of ACOBA, the Rt Hon Lord Pickles, and Cathryn Ross, former CEO of Ofwat
Labour Party Political Member appointed to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Correspondence between The Rt Hon Lord Pickles, Chair of ACOBA and Lord True, Minsiter of State at the Cabinet Office
ACOBA now operates a hybrid working model. We are contactable on our usual phone and email channels
Correspondence between Rt Hon Lord Pickles, Chair of ACOBA and the Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Chair of ACOBA exchanged correspondence with the Cabinet Office about transparency in the process of managing conflicts of interest
ACOBA submitted a statement of evidence to provide context with regard to its work.
The Rt Hon Lord Pickles replied to a letter from the Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
The independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has today published its annual report for 2018-2019 & 2019-2020
The Cabinet Office has announced today the appointment of new members of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, with effect from 1 January 2021.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has published its annual report for 2017-2018.
The Cabinet Office has announced today the appointment of new members of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, with effect from 1 February 2018.
The independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has published its annual report for 2015-16
The independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has published its annual report for 2014-15
The Prime Minister has appointed Baroness Angela Browning as Chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Approval for Sir David Warren KCMG, former HM Ambassador to Tokyo, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
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