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8 June 2015

Think Britain is as corrupt as Russia? It’s time to get out more

The last prime minister to make a fortune out of public office was Lloyd George. Today’s cabinet ministers earn middle-class salaries, and most of them live in modest houses. So why do people think otherwise?

(Photo By Rupert’s racket: an anti-Murdoch protest during the Leveson inquiry, 2012. Photo: TAL COHEN/REX)

How Corrupt Is Britain?
Edited by David Whyte
Pluto Press, 208pp, £55/£16.99

The Racket: a Rogue Reporter v the Masters of the Universe
Matt Kennard
Zed Books, 400pp, £16.99

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