Introduce professional standards for MPs to enforce competence & accountability

Background

Professionalise the role of MPs by ending self-regulation. We demand an IPSA-style independent framework to enforce a mandatory 5-year competence baseline for all election candidates, a strict ban on conflicting paid second jobs, and criminal liability for deliberate public deception.

Additional details

Align MPs with professionals like Engineers & Doctors. We demand an independent IPSA framework: 1. Criminal Liability:End the MP exemption in the Public Office (Accountability) Bill. Public deception must be a crime prosecuted in standard courts. 2. Competence & Single Job: Candidates must have 5 years of senior professional/civic leadership with legal/financial liability. Ban second jobs. 3. Verification: The Electoral Commission must validate winning MPs experience claims, prosecuting fraud.