Transparency International calls for register to include in-house lobbyists and for an independent body to enforce complianceFewer than one in 20 lobbyists are covered by the government’s new lobbying register,according to a report warning that the public are being left in the shadowy approximately those trying to influence UK policy.
The anti-corruption NGO Transparency International says that although it identified 2735 lobbyists who met MPs in a single three-month period, only 96 professional lobbying firms are listed on the government’s register of consultant lobbyists.
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Source: theguardian.com