Lawyers express concern over ministerial code rewrite

Rewrite omits reference to international law prompting Rights Watch to lodge legal challengeConservative ministers have been accused of quietly abandoning the longstanding principle that members of the government should be bound by international law.A rewrite of the ministerial code that sets out the standard of conduct expected has omitted a reference to the subject – a decision that senior lawyers say could have far-reaching implications for the UK and its relationship with the rest of t