Commissioner for Public Appointments

BBC chairman Richard Sharp said the nominations committee of the BBC board will review whether he has any conflicts of interest.

The corporation’s chairman, Richard Sharp, said the row is an unwelcome distraction for the broadcaster.

There can only be considerable concern that Stormont ministers are continuing to select candidates for well paid posts with key semi-public organisations without an independent watchdog in place to oversee the recruitment process.

STORMONT ministers are continuing to make appointments to a range of quangos in the absence of a watchdog to oversee the recruitment process.

EDWIN Poots has been asked to explain the process that saw Loyalist Communities Council (LCC) spokesman David Campbell appointed to a public body.

THE controversial appointment of a spokesman for a body representing loyalists to the board of the Agrifood and Biosciences Institute (Afbi) is to be raised today by a Stormont scrutiny committee.

THE process that led to the appointment by Secretary of State Karen Bradley of a new Probation Board chairman and independent board members had "serious flaws", according to a watchdog's report.

A DATE has yet to be set for a Belfast solicitor's fair employment case against Richard Pengelly, the head of the Department of Health (DoH).

STORMONT officials have been urged to ensure transparency in appointments made to public bodies in the absence of ministers following concerns raised by a standards watchdog.

DESPITE the lack of a functioning Stormont Executive, the terms of office of a number of chairs and board members of various public bodies in the north have again been extended by the Department of the Economy.