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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Deputy political editor

Boris Johnson’s former anti-corruption tsar calls for urgent lobbying reform

John Penrose
John Penrose said there were problems around the ethics adviser feeling unable to pass judgment on whether PM has broken rules. Photograph: Beresford Hodge/PA

Boris Johnson’s former anti-corruption tsar, who resigned last week, has called for urgent reform of the standards rules around lobbying, as well as more scope for the independent adviser to hold the prime minister to account.

John Penrose, a Conservative MP and former minister, said it was extremely important for democracy to fix problems with the UK’s standards regime affecting ministers, MPs, advisers and civil servants.

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