Welsh government commits to making lying in politics illegal | Welsh politics | The Guardian

The Labour-led Welsh government has committed to introduce “globally pioneering” legislation that would in effect make lying in politics there illegal.Members of the Senedd described it as a historic moment that would combat the “existential threat” that lying in politics poses to democracy.After a passionate and dramatic debate in the Welsh parliament on Tuesday evening, the government’s counsel general, Mick Antoniw, said the legislation would be introduced before the next Welsh elections in two years’ time.

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