Английская Википедия:Corruption in the United Kingdom

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Transparency International defines corruption as "the abuse of entrusted power for private gain".[1] Transparency International's 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index scored the United Kingdom at 73 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). When ranked by score, the United Kingdom ranked 18th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector. [2] For comparison with worldwide scores, the best score was 90 (ranked 1), the worst score was 12 (ranked 180), and the average score was 43.[3] For comparison with regional scores, the highest score among Western European and European Union countries Шаблон:Refn was 90, the average score was 66 and the lowest score was 42. The United Kingdom's score of 73 in 2022 was its lowest ever in the eleven years that the current version of the Index has been published. [4]

The United Kingdom currently has numerous laws that punish civil servants for bribery and other forms of corruption, with the Bribery Act 2010 currently the most relevant.[5] There has also been criticism from newspaper columnists.[6][7] This has largely been because of the UK's fall from the top 10 in the CPI.[8][9][10]

The Bribery Act 2010 is currently the most relevant law in the United Kingdom that punishes public and private bribery. The law does not make any distinction in sentencing between those who bribe (or are bribed) in the public or private sector.[5]

Under Keir Starmer's leadership of the Labour Party the party has been associated with corruption.[11] This has come about due to an illegal £600,000 donation to the party and a record number of corporate gifts to the party since 1997.[11] Those within the Shadow Cabinet also have corporate lobbyists employed within their staff.[11]

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