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Departing UK anticorruption champion calls for 'terrier' replacement to harry government

By Martin Coyle
  • 14 Jun 2022 16:55
  • 14 Jun 2022 16:58
The UK's next anticorruption champion needs bark and bite, lawmaker John Penrose has told MLex, days after resigning from the role in protest against Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Penrose, who had been in post since December 2017, stepped down last week, citing concerns about Johnson’s response to the “partygate” scandal

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Martin Coyle

Senior Correspondent


Martin Coyle is a senior correspondent, based in MLex's London office, reporting daily on bribery and corruption issues in the UK and Europe. Previously he was a senior editor at Thomson Reuters where he covered anti-money laundering, financial crime and regulatory enforcement issues. Prior to that he was editor of The Accountant, the world's oldest accounting publication, and International Accounting Bulletin, a bi-monthly business journal owned by Lafferty.

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