Tag: lobbying

NI Meeting watchdog didn’t request recordsdata on DUP MLA’s planning lobbying enterprise

October 12, 2021 8:12 am   Business Consultancy   Poetic   Comments
NI Assembly watchdog did not request files on DUP MLA's planning lobbying business

A Stormont watchdog did not request files on the controversial planning lobbying business of a DUP MLA – although it did ask itself to investigate. Trevor Clarke had asked the Congregation’s Standards Commissioner to review concerns raised in media reports about his consultancy, which represents applicants in the planning process. The South Antrim MLA denied

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PM downplays concern over lobbying amid experiences ex-MPs with entry to Parliament work for consultancy companies

April 19, 2021 4:47 pm   Business Consultancy   Poetic   Comments

Boris Johnson downplayed the idea of ​​a “revolving door” between Westminster and private companies. Nearly a dozen former MPs working for lobbying firms are reported to still have access to parliament.As concerns grew over the links between former politicians or officials and private corporations, the Prime Minister defended the civil service, saying there were no

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