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Exclusive: Senior Liz Truss adviser worked at lobbying firm for energy supplier

Iain Carter was a partner at Hanbury Strategy, which was paid to lobby the government on behalf of Bulb Energy

By Martin Williams
Exclusive: Senior Liz Truss adviser worked at lobbying firm for energy supplier
Liz Truss has appointed former lobbyists to her top team.
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Liz Truss’s new director of strategy helped run a firm that lobbied for one of the UK’s biggest energy suppliers, openDemocracy can reveal.

Iain Carter took unpaid leave as a partner at Hanbury Strategy to join her leadership campaign over the summer and has now been installed at the heart of Number 10.

But during his time at Hanbury Strategy, the public relations agency was paid to lobby senior political figures on behalf of the now-infamous Bulb Energy.

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