All lobbying should be publicly declared in transparency laws shake-up, watchdog says
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Key context: <p>Ethics and integrity commission chief says overhaul is crucial to help restore trust in standards</p><p>All lobbying of government ministers, aides and senior officials should be publicly declared – from WhatsApp chats to party conference meetings – in a fundamental shake-up of transparency laws, the government’s ethics watchdog has said.</p><p>A review led by Doug Chalmers, the head of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/03/keir-starmer-facing-scrutiny-over-failure-to-establish-new-ethics-watchdog">ethics and integrity commission</a>, has called for a new register to highlight who is lobbying, which policies they are seeking to influence and who in government they are meeting.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/09/all-lobbying-publicly-declared-transparency-laws-shake-up-watchdog">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Ethics and integrity commission chief says overhaul is crucial to help restore trust in standardsAll lobbying of government ministers, aides and senior officials should be publicly declared – from WhatsApp chats to party conference meetings – in a fundamental shake-up of transparency laws, the government’s ethics watchdog has said.A review led by Doug Chalmers, the head of the ethics and integrity commission, has called for a new register to highlight who is lobbying, which policies they are seeking to influence and who in government they are meeting. Continue reading...
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