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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Pippa Crerar political editor

Reputation of UK politicians is at ‘low point’, says standards commissioner

Daniel Greenberg, the UK’s new independent parliamentary commissioner for standards.
Daniel Greenberg, the UK’s new independent parliamentary commissioner for standards, said he would conduct his new role ‘without fear or favour’. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

The reputation of British politicians is at a “low point”, the UK’s new independent parliamentary commissioner for standards has said, as he pledged to be an advocate for the “vast majority” of MPs who were committed to high standards in public life.

Daniel Greenberg, who takes over from Kathryn Stone when her five-year term comes to an end in January, admitted that a slew of scandals in recent years as well as the turbulence of the past 12 months had tarnished parliament’s reputation.

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