Corruption Seen To Be Growing In UK, Report

Corruption in the UK is increasing, according to the world's largest public opinion survey.

Transparency International said a tally of respondent views indicated the perception of media corruption increased significantly since the publication of its 2010 survey, when less than 40% believed the sector had a corruption problem.

The UKI results also show a crisis of trust in politics, with only 1% of interviewees believing the UK political system free of problems.

Of the people surveyed, 67% viewed political parties as being affected by corruption, and 55% believed parliament had a corruption problem.

A staggering 90% of the UK survey said that the UK Government is run by a few big entities acting in their own interest.

Of the 91% who would be willing to report corruption, 40% would want to make that report to a Government hotline - which currently does not exist.

Some 62% of people also thought that the Government's actions are ineffective in tackling corruption.

The UK charity's results were part of a Berlin-based Global Corruption Barometer 2013, which surveyed 114,000 people in 107 countries.

This year the figure has risen to 69%, placing it as the sector people believe to be most affected by corruption.

Globally, more than half of respondents in the survey think that graft has worsened over the past two years, and a quarter reported having paid officials a bribe in the last 12 months.

The wide survey by the charity also found that people have least trust in institutions meant to help or protect them, including police, the courts and political parties.

Respondents also believed official anti-corruption efforts had deteriorated since the 2008 start of the world financial and economic crisis.

It found that 27% of respondents had said they had paid a bribe to a member of a public service or institution in the past 12 months, revealing no improvement from previous surveys.

The group pointed to a link between poverty and graft. Eight of the 10 countries with the highest bribery rates are African, a Transparency spokesman said.

In 36 countries, respondents viewed police as the most corrupt, 20 countries view the judiciary as the most graft-ridden and in 51 countries political parties were seen as the most corrupt institution.

People's appraisal of government efforts to stop corruption was worse than before the financial crisis began in 2008, falling to 22% now from 31% then.

Still, the group said that there was a growing will to fight back, with two-thirds of those who were asked to pay a bribe saying they had refused.

Transparency International chair Huguette Labelle said: "Bribe paying levels remain very high worldwide, but people believe they have the power to stop corruption.

"And the number of those willing to combat the abuse of power, secret dealings and bribery is significant."

She added: "Governments need to make sure that there are strong, independent and well-resourced institutions to prevent and redress corruption.

"Too many people are harmed when these core institutions and basic services are undermined by the scourge of corruption."

The report was unveiled as Spain's El Mundo newspaper published ledgers allegedly showing original handwritten entries of payments from an illicit slush fund operated by the ruling People's Party.

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