New rules designed to clean up British politics have been published by a cross-party group of MPs.
The Standards Committee says its “robust new measures” will “improve checks and balances on MPs” – and stop politicians abusing the system.
It’s true that some of the proposals are a positive step forward. But the committee’s report fails to take action on some of the most important issues at stake, leaving loopholes that could be exploited by unscrupulous MPs.
