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Make lying in public office a specific criminal offence

Submitted by Elaine Cain on Friday 8th April 2022

Published on Tuesday 19th April 2022

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 2nd November 2022

Signatures: 57

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Criminal ~ Elections ~ Held ~ Officers ~ Politicians

Petition Action

Make lying in public office a specific criminal offence

Petition Details

We want the Government to create a new criminal offence of lying in public office, so that elected politicians and others in public office can be better held to account for not telling the truth.


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