Transparency International defines corruption as "the abuse of entrusted power for private gain".
The United Kingdom's score has fallen six points over the last five years and is now at its lowest point in the twelve years that the current version of the Index has been published.
[4] The United Kingdom currently has numerous laws that punish civil servants for bribery and other forms of corruption, with the Bribery Act 2010 currently the most relevant.
[6][7] This has largely been because of the UK's fall from the top 10 in the CPI.
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