UK receives lowest ever score on corruption index as Britain’s reputation suffers after a string of political scandals

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By Louis Goss Britain has received its lowest ever score and ranking on Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The drop “is a powerful indictment” in the decline in public standards, campaigners say, which have been dragged down by a series of recent government scandals around the procurement of PPE during pandemic and multiple ministerial breaches. The UK has fallen seven positions on the NGO’s annual index, published today, dropping from 11th to 18th place – the lowest position it has occupied on the index since 2012. Britain’s score on the index has also fal…

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