British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government rejected fresh accusations of corruption on Sunday after a newspaper investigation found major donors to his Conservative Party were offered seats in Parliament’s upper chamber. The government has been embroiled in a corruption row over the past week, with Johnson forced to abandon plans pushed through Parliament to protect one of his lawmakers who was found to have broken lobbying rules. The Sunday Times reported that all but one of the 16 Conservative treasurers over the last two decades had donated more than 3 million pounds ($4.05 million) to the party and then been offered a seat in the House of Lords. The role of Conservative treasurer has become the most ennobled job in Britain, the newspaper said, ahead of leaders of the country’s institutions and charitable organisations and even former prime ministers. “Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party is corrupt, dodgy, sleazy, and on the …
UK Government Denies Corruption Accusations Over Ennobled Conservative Party Donors
November 7, 2021
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