UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed that the UK I not a corrupt country.
The prime minister said MPs faced “tough” scrutiny – and those who broke the rules should be punished.
He was speaking to the world’s media at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
It comes amid controversy over Conservative MPs with second jobs – and an investigation into Sir Geoffrey Cox doing paid outside work in his House of Commons office.
This, as well as paid lobbying – attempting to influence government policy in return for money – is banned under MPs’ rules.
Asked if he had a message to voters concerned by headlines about the return of Tory sleaze, Mr Johnson said: “I genuinely believe that the UK is not remotely a corrupt country and I genuinely think that our institutions are not corrupt.
“We have a very, very tough system of parliamentary democracy and scrutiny, not least by the media.
“I think what you have got is cases where, sadly, MPs have broken the rules in the past, may be guilty of breaking the rules today. What I want to see is them facing appropriate sanctions.”
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