Tamasin Cave writes about corporate lobbying and blogs at BadInfluence.net. She has been a researcher with Spinwatch for a decade and is co-author with Andy Rowell of A Quiet Word: Lobbying, Crony Capitalism and Broken Politics in Britain (Vintage, 2015).
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsPrince Charles’ billionaire adviser stands to gain from Australia trade dealCharles wants support for UK small farmers, but his adviser is a Tory donor in line to profit from big farms after...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsEuropean Super League hired former Tory spinner as PR just hours before launchRevealed: Ex-Number 10 communication chief was hired only on Sunday to run PR strategy for ill-fated ‘comms...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionHow Cameron’s vow to clean up lobbying turned into a loophole-ridden shamPrevious parliamentary inquiries into lobbying have gone ignored. It’s hard to imagine Johnson’s will be any different
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: A fifth of new Tory MPs have worked as lobbyistsNew MPs include lobbyists for banks, private healthcare and arms manufacturers
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Published in: ourNHS: InvestigationThe President, the US private health giant, and top NHS officials – special relationships?US private healthcare firm Optum has been ‘planting seeds’ in the English NHS for a decade, new research exposes.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy is Johnson’s campaign manager’s firm bragging about links to British politicians?Lynton Crosby is running Boris Johnson's campaign for Tory leader... meanwhile, his American lobbying firm is...