POLITICIANS and candidates in Wales who deliberately lie should face punishment, a Senedd scrutiny committee recommended last night.

The Senedd standards of conduct committee said truthfulness from politicians is essential to rebuild public trust in politics and the way Members of the Senedd (MSs) are held to account must be strengthened.

In January, the committee published a report calling for a new “recall” system, allowing the Senedd to recommend that voters can choose to remove and replace a Member of the Senedd (MS) if they seriously breach the Code of Conduct.