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).
-
Published in: ourNHSNHS England: Where's the money going?NHS England won't publish data on where it spends its money, including to private companies. What happened to the...
-
Published in: ourNHSWho is behind Reform's call for NHS charges?The private health insurance industry has been trying to get think tanks to help it make money in Britain for the...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKLobbyists - what alcohol and gambling learned from tobacco
The Lobbying Bill being debated this week will do nothing to expose corporate lobbying. If we are going to diminish...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKMore than a lobby: finance in the UKFinance and the British state are mutually embedded to the point that it can be hard to tell where one stops and the...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat the bankers did next... a short film
Since the crash of 2008, British taxpayers have shelled out an incredible £1.2 trillion on bailing out and propping...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKBell Pottinger: Britain's latest lobbying scandal
Another month, another lobbying scandal in the UK. The last led to the resignation of the defence secretary. This...