UK watchdog ruling on Hancock eating kangaroo penis ‘not good use of public money’By Nick Lester, Chief Lords ReporterForcing an anti-corruption watchdog to rule on an ex-UK minister “consuming the more intimate parts of some luckless marsupial” on television is not a good use of public money, its chief has said. – where the former UK health secretary dined on kangaroo penis, as he argued reform of the current vetting regime would “bring a sense to the system”. Under a new ethics regime announced last year by the UK government, former ministers who flout the rules on post-government jobs could be hit by financial sanctions. “To get over the threshold of credibility, to be listened to by the public, there needs to be consequences for breaking the rules. “Far better that there should be a light touch on journalism, entertainment, voluntary work or transfers to other parts of the public service.

Source: Irish Independent January 11, 2024 19:49 UTC