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Curbing the Big Four's influence
David Cameron needs to break the links between the Big Four accountancy firms - the heart of the tax avoidance industry - and his government. Read More -
Tackling lobbying: the test for government
After yet another scandal, the Coalition has finally found the will to move forward with a statutory register. Now we get to see whether they are serious or not says Tamasin Cave. Read More -
On the credibility of Lord Laird
"Credibility is very much like virginity. Once you lose it, it is impossible to regain." Ulster Unionist peer John Laird's words on his PR firm's website may prove prophetic after two cash for access lobbying stings. Read More -
Scaring the living daylights out of people
Intimidation, bullying or conflicts of interest are common practice among lobbyists, developers and local authorities involved in pushing through contentious projects such as the HS2 railway. Read More -
Nuclear boss wants to cut family fuel aid
The boss of a company set to build two nuclear reactors in Somerset has been demanding cuts to renewable energy subsidies and to help for people in fuel poverty. Read More
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Andy Coulson: a hitherto inscrutable spin doctor emerges from the shadows
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Rupert Murdoch's legacy: a culture of journalists paying cash for illicit information
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Arthur Scargill’s absence from Thatcher commentary: no rewriting of the miners’ strike
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Thatcherism’s influence on reporting the world of work
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Margaret Thatcher and the Lost Tribe: how the Thatcher decade rewrote the news agenda
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Why leaking by the state is now a way of life in Whitehall
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Nuclear stealth tax will kill the poor
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Nuclear boss wants to cut family fuel aid
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Nuclear industry secondments to government ministries
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The Liberal Democrats' nuclear tax bombshell
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Nuclear safety watchdog criticises Sellafield’s emergency readiness
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Exclusive: Nuclear hospitality of key officials exposed
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Scottish Government to create a register of lobbyists +
The Scottish government have just announced they intend to introduce a bill on Lobbying Transparency within this session of the Scottish Parliament. Read More
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The extreme anti-extremist: Raheem Kassam’s climate-sceptic ‘GreenCEASE’ project +
Two MPs have quit the advisory board of Student Rights’ following criticism of its activities. Now it emerges that director Raheem Kassam ran an anti-environmental side project which attempted to undermine climate change science. Read More
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Bilderberg 2013 +
High-level politicians, diplomats, industrialists, bankers, royalty and other notables assembled in Watford this week for the 61st Bilderberg meeting, a discreet transatlantic policy forum that has met most years since 1954. Read More
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Poll shows that UK public drastically underestimates Iraqi War deaths +
A nationwide sample of UK citizens was asked to estimate the death toll from the war in Iraq that began in 2003. The results were shocking and provide a searing indictment of the British media. Read More
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Mercer quits. Lobbying remains a problem +
Patrick Mercer is the latest Conservative MP to quit the party amid reports he has been caught up in a 'major lobbying scandal'. Read More
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