UK names Margaret Hodge as new anti-corruption champion

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Monday named former lawmaker Margaret Hodge as its new 'Anti-Corruption Champion' to help coordinate efforts between parliament, the private sector and civil society to clamp down on all forms of corruption.

Hodge was a lawmaker in the governing Labour Party who spent much of her 30-year political career campaigning against domestic and international corruption.

(Reporting by Sarah Young, Writing by William James; Editing by Kate Holton)

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