2 UK ex-ministers accused in undercover sting

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.

Mr Rifkind and Mr Straw are the most prominent figures to have faced su…