Lobbying
The lobbying stories come thick and fast now. Today alone they seem to splatter over every department. The Health Service Journal reported this morning that health secretary Matt Hancock did not disclose that a company owned by his sister and mother provided “confidential waste destruction” – of all things – under the NHS Shared Business… Read more »
More and more couples having humanist weddings in England and Wales are expressing their frustration at the growing waiting times before they can also have a civil marriage and so be married in the eyes of the law. The backlogs in many parts of the country are a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the… Read more »
The share of adults in Northern Ireland with no religion is surging, according to the latest data from the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey. The results of the 2020 survey have just been published. 27% of respondents said they had no religion – an increase of 7% on 2019. This latest surge means that the overall… Read more »
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Francis Ingham, head of the PCRA, hit out at David Cameron and other “amateur lobbyists” saying: “They are just failed politicians whose careers have ended and they were looking to make some money.” In 2010, then prime minister David Cameron pledged to crack down on lobbying scandals, and in 2014 passed the Transparency of Lobbying… Read more »
