MPs have this week been debating the government’s controversial Lobbying Bill, which has now concluded its committee stage in the House of Commons. In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick, and Stephen Crone considered the involvement of lobbyists in policy-making, noting previous attempts to ensure transparency. They also explored the other routes of influence that the private sector is able to use, including the practise of recruiting former government ministers and civil servants
In 2002, an amendment to UK parliamentary regulations removed restrictions on the participation of M...
AbstractThe government of the UK is reputed to be among the world’s most transparent governments. Ye...
There has been growing academic and public interest in corporate political lobbying in both the UK a...
Questions of the political influence of business and other organized interests are at the heart of d...
Questions of the political influence of business and other organized interests are at the heart of d...
In response to recent lobbying scandals, the government has introduced the Transparency of Lobbying,...
Lobbying in politics is nothing new, but the recent resignation of Liam Fox from his ministerial pos...
Transparency International UK recently looked into the effectiveness of the new register of lobbyist...
Former Defence Secretary Liam Fox’s resignation after his relationship with Adam Werritty came under...
In order to create an appropriate regulatory framework for ‘the lobbying industry’ we need first to ...
In the light of broad trends to hold lobbyists accountable by voluntary or mandatory means this prac...
Mirko Draca argues that the government’s policy on lobbying does not go far enough. The reporting of...
The Government’s Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning & Trade Union Administration Bill r...
Silencing the critics: Charities, lobbyists, and the government's quiet war on dissen
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Do organised interests in Bri...
In 2002, an amendment to UK parliamentary regulations removed restrictions on the participation of M...
AbstractThe government of the UK is reputed to be among the world’s most transparent governments. Ye...
There has been growing academic and public interest in corporate political lobbying in both the UK a...
Questions of the political influence of business and other organized interests are at the heart of d...
Questions of the political influence of business and other organized interests are at the heart of d...
In response to recent lobbying scandals, the government has introduced the Transparency of Lobbying,...
Lobbying in politics is nothing new, but the recent resignation of Liam Fox from his ministerial pos...
Transparency International UK recently looked into the effectiveness of the new register of lobbyist...
Former Defence Secretary Liam Fox’s resignation after his relationship with Adam Werritty came under...
In order to create an appropriate regulatory framework for ‘the lobbying industry’ we need first to ...
In the light of broad trends to hold lobbyists accountable by voluntary or mandatory means this prac...
Mirko Draca argues that the government’s policy on lobbying does not go far enough. The reporting of...
The Government’s Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning & Trade Union Administration Bill r...
Silencing the critics: Charities, lobbyists, and the government's quiet war on dissen
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Do organised interests in Bri...
In 2002, an amendment to UK parliamentary regulations removed restrictions on the participation of M...
AbstractThe government of the UK is reputed to be among the world’s most transparent governments. Ye...
There has been growing academic and public interest in corporate political lobbying in both the UK a...