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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Brian Melley

Ex-UK lawmaker pleads guilty to cheating in election betting scandal

Britain Election Betting Scandal - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A former Conservative lawmaker who used insider knowledge to place wagers on the date that then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak would call a U.K.-wide election two years ago pleaded guilty Monday to cheating at gambling.

Craig Williams, who was Sunak's parliamentary private secretary, was one of more than a dozen people charged in the betting scandal over the timing of Britain’s last general election.

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