Category - lobbying

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30 Jan 2012

MPs face huge lobbying effort over damaging welfare reforms

Charities, NGOs, poverty, disability and faith groups across Britain are lobbying MPs to vote for significant changes to the Welfare Reform Bill
22 Jan 2012

Government lobbying proposals are 'business as usual for crony capitalism'

The government’s consultation on the statutory register of lobbyists is deeply unsatisfactory and deceptive, say political reform campaigners.
14 Jan 2012

Cameron misses own deadline on reform of lobbying

The government have failed to publish proposals for lobbying reform thirty-one days after the Prime Minister said they would be published “in the next month”.
22 Nov 2011

Huge five-fold increase in religious lobbying in Washington DC

Organisations engaged in religious lobbying or religion-related advocacy in Washington DC have increased fivefold in the past four decades, says new research.
24 Mar 2010

'Lobbygate' shows the need for radical change, say political reformers

The 'lobbygate' scandal is indicative of a deeper crisis of accountability and public confidence in the political system, says a leading reform organisation.
28 Feb 2008

Gongs, grins and faith in politics

The annual Channel 4 Political Awards offer an entertaining entree to the world of parliamentary politics, says Simon Barrow. But an award to a controversial lobby group raises questions about how politics is conducted - not least by Christians.