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Tory fundraiser exposé offers glimpse into the black box of political-corporate ties

At the Tory billionaires’ summer ball, the defence secretary was sat with the lobbyist for the government of Bahrain. Can the Prime Minister tell us whether they discussed the fact that Bahrain is still not regarded by the Foreign Office as a human rights country of concern?

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Unions Angry at Tory Attempt to Include Them in Lobbying Bill

The gross opportunism of the government – using a lobbying crisis to try and clamp down on the unions – has received an understandably robust response from several unions already this evening.

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Government “Will Reform Lobbying” after Three Peers Accused of Breaching Rules

The government has said it will amend the rules on lobbying with the next 12 months, after three peers were accused of agreeing to perform Parliamentary work for payment in an investigation by the Sunday Times.

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Tory MP Patrick Mercer Resigns over Lobbying Claims

Conservative MP Patrick Mercer has resigned the Tory whip and has said he will not stand for re-election to “save my party embarrassment” over allegations that he had broken lobbying rules.

EU Commission failing own transparency rules with tobacco lobby

If Health Commissioner John Dalli had to resign because of undisclosed meetings with tobacco lobbyists, shouldn’t the same logic apply to high-level Commission officials in Barroso’s cabinet, at the Secretariat-General and other DGs?

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