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It’s official: neoliberal capitalism is corrupting Britain
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BRITAIN is becoming more corrupt. According to the campaign group Transparency International, this country has now fallen to number 20 in its annual corruption perception index, below Uruguay and Hong Kong among other countries.
Over the last five years, Britain has experienced the biggest fall in the points score on which the index is based of any country in Western Europe.
The chief executive of Transparency International UK, Daniel Bruce, commented: “It’s clear that business leaders and other experts are more concerned than ever about political corruption and the abuse of public office in Britain.
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