Petitions/Create a Public Accountability Act for Mismanaged Public Projects
StatusClosed
Opened1 Aug 2025
Closes1 Feb 2026
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

Introduce a "Public Accountability Act" to ensure politicians and public executives responsible for catastrophic public spending failures face personal consequences. With legal duty of care for public funds, personal financial penalties or mandatory voluntary service and clawback contract clauses.

In any other job, if lots of money was lost, we would be fired. Ordinary people face consequences so should they. This is about fairness, responsibility and protecting the public purse.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Gregor Poynton
1Gregor Poynton MP
Livingston
3
Darren Jones
2Darren Jones MP
Bristol North West
2
Sir Christopher Chope
3Sir Christopher Chope MP
Christchurch
2
Lisa Smart
4Lisa Smart MP
Hazel Grove
2
Dame Diana Johnson
5Dame Diana Johnson MP
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
2
Greg Smith
6Greg Smith MP
Mid Buckinghamshire
2
Kevin Hollinrake
7Kevin Hollinrake MP
Thirsk and Malton
2
Jim Allister
8Jim Allister MP
North Antrim
2
John Cooper
9John Cooper MP
Dumfries and Galloway
2
Chris Law
10Chris Law MP
Dundee Central
2
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