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UK Government Denies Corruption Claims

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has rejected fresh accusations of corruption after a newspaper investigation found major donors to his Conservative Party were offered seats in parliament’s upper chamber. Eustice also described the furore over Conservative politician Owen Paterson, who quit parliament after the government’s U-turn on plans to overhaul the system for combatting parliamentary corruption Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told Sky News it was difficult to see a future for Kathryn Stone, the independent parliamentary commissioner for standards after Conservative MPs blocked her recommendation to suspend Paterson.