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UK: The Lobbying Bill: Another battle lost
On Wednesday, the House of Lords narrowly voted to reject the amendments we had been pushing to fix the Bill; one amendment fell on a tied vote – 245-245. This is a huge blow for democracy, charities and campaigners. We have been left with a Lobbying Bill that lets professional lobbyists off the hook but… Continue reading
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The government’s new gagging law is a serious attack on Britain’s civil society By Stuart Weir
While doing virtually nothing to fix the real problems of money in politics, the government is trying to introduce a new law that will shut down vast swathes of political commentary and scrutiny for a whole year before general elections. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 