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Owen Paterson: Tory minister claims no 'wider problem' of corruption in politics

International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has said she doesn’t think there is a “wider problem” with corruption in politics as BBC’s Dan Walker quizzed her on what she thinks about Boris Johnson potentially not attending a debate on the issue.

Walker accused her of not taking the issues seriously, and repeatedly pushed her to give more on the problem as so many voters have been upset by what they’ve seen from the government in the last week or so.

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