A structured governance onboarding programme for newly elected councillors and MPs. Induct covers standards obligations, declaration and registration requirements, social media risk awareness, and configuration of the Sustain compliance platform.
The period immediately following an election is the highest-risk governance moment for newly elected officials. New councillors and MPs face a significant and immediate standards obligation without necessarily having received structured guidance on what those obligations entail. Induct addresses this gap directly.
Completing Induct does not certify compliance and does not guarantee avoidance of standards complaints. It provides structured governance orientation, standards awareness, and the operational foundation for ongoing compliance support through Sustain.
Local elections held in May 2026 produced a significant wave of newly elected councillors across England. Newly elected councillors are Induct's primary audience: they face immediate governance obligations, are most receptive to structured onboarding, and represent the highest governance-risk period of an elected official's career. Contact Integri now to discuss group Induct arrangements for your council group or party.
Induct is delivered through an eight-section structured questionnaire with branching logic for councillor and MP pathways, written guidance materials, and an orientation call.
Overview of the elected role, the standards framework, and governance obligations that take effect from the date of election.
The LGA Model Code of Conduct and the Nolan Principles — what they require, how they are interpreted, and the most common areas of compliance risk.
Registrable interests, disclosable pecuniary interests, and the declaration obligations that apply in planning, licensing, and committee contexts.
The standards obligations that apply to social media and digital communications, the most common risk patterns, and practical guidance on reducing conduct risk.
How standards complaints are made, investigated, and determined — and the governance behaviours most likely to generate complaint risk.
Governance obligations arising from committee membership, how conflicts of interest are managed, and the situations that most commonly give rise to conflict concerns.
A structured review of prior governance history, conduct-related events, and any matters that may be relevant to ongoing governance risk.
Setup of the Sustain compliance platform, selection of the appropriate sensitivity tier, and configuration of account and profile settings for ongoing governance monitoring.
Induct is delivered digitally — an eight-section structured questionnaire, written guidance materials, and an orientation call. Group Induct supports up to ten participants per programme and is the recommended format for party group onboarding following an election.
Completion of the Induct programme does not certify compliance with any applicable code of conduct and does not guarantee that the participant will not face standards complaints or conduct investigations. All Induct outputs are advisory guidance only.