This collection of essays from prominent campaigners and thinkers seeks to reveal how corruption operates in the British economy and government.

In Britain, corruption is often deemed 'other' — it supposedly occurs in developing countries and new states, not in the liberal, democratic West.

When most of us think of corruption, we think of bribery, embezzlement, or other acts that are obviously illegal.

In How Corrupt is Britain?, David Whyte brings together commentators and campaigners to break down the assumption that there is no corruption in the UK.

Whyte, along with professors and sociologists including David Beetham, Jörg Wiegratz, and David Miller, address the demise of the public sector at the hands of private interest.

The essays In How Corrupt is Britain? range from economic policy and political lobbying to housing and policing.

The book analyzes modern neoliberal Britain, which, by priding itself on believing in freedom and anti-corruption, often falls victim to its own blindspots.