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The Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom introduced in July 2013. [1] The bill was sponsored by the Cabinet Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). It was often referred to as "The Lobbying Bill" for short. [2]
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency criticised the decisions saying "self-regulation is no regulation"; they compared the situation to that of MPs Expenses scandal. [7] In August 2009 Transparency International UK received a grant from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to assess the level of corruption in the United Kingdom for the first ...
The Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists is a United Kingdom independent statutory body set up under the provisions of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014. It maintains a register of consultant lobbyists who may operate in the United Kingdom. [1]
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency is a UK-based organisation formed in September 2007 [1] and formally launched in January 2008 [2] and concerned with the influence of lobbying on government decision-making. [3]
The Transparency Register is a voluntary lobbyist register operated jointly by the European Parliament and the EU Commission since June 2011. [13] Its coverage extends beyond lobbyists to law firms, NGOs, and think tanks, and it includes information on staff numbers, the legislative proposals they have attempted to influence, and the amount of ...
Lobbyists can easily bypass EU transparency rules to influence policy, the 27-nation bloc's auditors said on Wednesday. The European Court of Auditors' (ECA) report comes as European Union ...
Political parties in the UK may be funded through membership fees, party donations or through state funding, the latter of which is reserved for administrative costs. [2] The general restrictions in the UK were held in Bowman v United Kingdom [3] to be fully compatible with Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The UK Public Affairs Council (UKPAC) was a United Kingdom organisation enabling self-regulation of individuals engaged in UK lobbying activities.. The UKPAC was established in 2010 by the Association of Professional Political Consultants, the Public Relations Consultants Association and the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), and held its first meeting in July 2010, chaired by ...