Too often, I get reminders that the water near Uphill Slipway has been classified as ‘poor’. They’re usually from ‘Surfers Against Sewage’, although I doubt any of us has ever seen anyone surfing a breaker near the marina! But they’re still making an important point because, after bouts of heavy rain, Wessex…
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Conservative John Penrose, the Prime Minister’s anti-corruption champion, said he would not support Labour’s motion but made suggestions for reforms on lobbying. He highlighted the importance of disclosures of who ministers have met, adding in the Commons: “Those disclosures don’t happen fast enough, they aren’t complete enough, they aren’t mutually comprehensible…
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Senior Tory backbenchers have called for a change in the rules around lobbying but refused to back Labour’s bid for a full parliamentary inquiry into the Greensill scandal. Labour had sought to push through an investigation led by MPs into lobbying between Whitehall and the private sector in a vote…
Read MoreThe lobbying act is 7 yrs old, so due an update. John sets out three things we need…
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