In response to a front-page story in the Financial Times concerning former Prime Minister David Cameron lobbying the UK government on behalf of a firm he was advising, the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has repeated its call for changes in legislation to ensure that all attempts to influence political decisions by lobbyists, in whatever capacity, are captured. Current legislation governing lobbying in Westminster only requires consultant lobbying to be registered, leaving those on an organisation’s payroll outside the scope of full public scrutiny. This is something the Institute…
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