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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 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 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 ...
Labour wants to create an “anti-sleaze” committee to investigate lobbying amid a row over Mr Cameron’s activities for Greensill Capital.
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 ...
Andrew Bridgen has apologised to the House of Commons for breaching lobbying rules and breaking the MPs’ code of conduct following his suspension. The North West Leicestershire MP, who was ...
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]
Lobbyists can easily bypass EU transparency rules to influence policy, the 27-nation bloc's auditors said on Wednesday. ... "A range of lobbying interactions with EU lawmakers can be hidden from ...