The British government has opened a consultation to introduce the first statutory register of lobbyists in Westminster, drawing on the experience of a similar transparency register in Brussels, which went online last year. More »

Mark Adams spoke up for the lobbying profession claiming they have no reason to be ashamed of their work.

Lobbyists, unions and pressure groups seeking to influence policy will have to join a register under new plans.

It’s strange how this selective amnesia thing works. The official Opposition has been agitating over recent weeks about when the government will publish the promised consultation on a Statutory Register of Lobbyists. You’d think they had always been in favour of such a thing. Er, no, not exactly. Because there were calls for its introduction

A statutory register of Parliamentary lobbyists should be created with the possibility of tough penalties for those who breach the rules the government proposes.

Lobbyists, unions and pressure groups seeking to influence policy will have to join a register under new plans.

Ministers begin a three-month consultation on plans to make it mandatory for those seeking influence within government to record their interests

James O’Shaughnessy’s appointment is likely to put a renewed focus on the proximity of lobbyists to senior ministers and add to pressure for more rules

by Tom Watson MP Prologue My attention is drawn to an article written by lobbyist Tim Allan. The Guardian’s Nick Watt picked it up in a story entitled “Ed Miliband leadership attacked by former Blair Aide”. Allan talks of Ed Miliband’s “anti business rhetoric”; presumably in reference to the conference speech that introduced the term “predators”...

PM under pressure to introduce register of lobbyists after claims staff at a prominent public affairs firm have been able to influence his inner circle.