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2 UK ex-ministers accused in undercover sting
Published Mon, Feb 23, 2015 · 09:50 PM
London
AN undercover report has accused two British former foreign ministers of offering to use their positions to help a private company in exchange for payment.
The allegations against senior Conservative party lawmaker Malcolm Rifkind and top Labour party MP Jack Straw come just months before a general election and echo "cash for access" scandals that caused political uproar in the past.
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