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How arms firms are buying exclusive access to MPs for as little as £1499

AT WESTMINSTER, arms firms – including those who have sold weapons to Israel – are currently enjoying a lobbying blitz ...

The National (Scotland)

Pro-Israel Westminster group refuses to reveal funding

A WESTMINSTER group focused on Israel has refused to reveal how it is funded.

The National (Scotland)

Tory MP Danny Kruger investigated by standards watchdog over assisted dying funds

High-profile campaigner against new law facing questions over parliamentary group financed by Christian right

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OPINION - This China spy scandal has exposed our state’s rotten core

There is nothing like a walk around parliament to leave you melancholy. The once dynamic British state, which still celebrates itself in these Gothic halls and corridors with countless statues and portraits of Victorian derring-do, is now defined by paralysis. Build our way out of a housing crisis through the…

Evening Standard

Unlicensed ‘bank’ CEO’s Commons invite stokes access concerns

Vulnerability of MPs’ groups to influence of private firms highlighted by appearance at blockchain inquiry

The Guardian - UK

Security services forced to probe foreign links to MPs’ groups, Labour MP reveals

More than one case involving cross-party group which raised ‘security concerns’, says Chris Bryant

The Independent UK

Push to crack down on foreign states’ influence over MPs’ cross-party groups

Standards committee calls for ban on APPGs accepting funding from foreign governments and review of parliamentary pass-holders

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Phoenix Community Capital case shines light on UK’s lobbying problem

Interest groups have poured about £250,000 into all-party parliamentary groups in past five years

The Guardian - UK

Crypto firm with links to parliamentary groups appears to have vanished

Apparent disappearance of Phoenix Community Capital leaves some investors fearing they have lost large sums of money

The Guardian - UK

There must be tighter rules on cross-party interest groups, say Lords and Commons speakers

Since the 2019 general election, such lobbying organisations within Parliament have attracted more than £20million of funding

Wales Online

Who is donating to Labour, LibDem and Alba MPs and how much are they getting?

A DATABASE has revealed who is funding Scottish MPs - but who is funding politicians in Labour, the Liberal Democrats and Alba?

The National (Scotland)

How is it right that MPs are still free to receive money from lobbyists and second jobs?

What we’ve found out about members’ extra income – although legal – raises questions about their ability to represent us, says transparency campaigner Gina Miller

The Guardian - UK

Who is funding SNP MPs and how much are they getting?

THE SNP registered over £1 million in donations a new database has shown - but what does it reveal about who is funding individual MPs?

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Who is donating to Scottish Tory MPs and how much are they getting?

Who is funding Scottish Tory MPs and how much have they been given? A new interactive tool has given further insight

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The Independent UK

Sex workers ‘ordered for MPs on overseas trip to dictatorship’

Politicians met by prostitutes at their hotel, according to report

The Independent UK

Female MP claims she was ‘touched inappropriately by male MP on trip overseas’

Politicians drank ‘every night till 2am or 3am’ on foreign visit, says MP

The Independent UK

MPs accused of using parliamentary trips abroad for sex tourism

Parliamentarians ‘asked for directions to brothels and pursued local women’ according to colleagues

Daily Record

Lanarkshire MP branded Westminster's 'junket queen' over £44k worth of freebies

She has has tens of thousands of pounds worth of hospitality from taxhavens, dictatorships, a gambling firm, bankers and others

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Daily Record

SNP MP branded 'Junket Queen' after racking up freebie overseas trips worth £44,000

Dr Lisa Cameron has been to Switzerland, Qatar, China, Kenya, Germany, Japan, Belgium, Denmark, Taiwan, England, San Marina, The United Arab Emirates, Honk Kong, Zambia and The United States on the public purse.

The Independent UK

MPs call for reform of Westminster groups to avert the ‘next great parliamentary scandal’

MPs also warn of ‘real risk’ of hostile foreign actors

Wales Online

MPs call for reforms to prevent ‘next great parliamentary scandal’

Standards Committee chair Chris Bryant said the report comes as a 'wake-up call for us all'

The Guardian - UK

Hostile foreign states pose ‘real risk’ of influencing MPs’ cross-party groups

Standards committee report calls for reforms to all-party parliamentary groups to avert ‘next great parliamentary scandal’

The Guardian - UK

MPs’ groups are taking millions from private interests – that can’t go unchecked

An inquiry is being launched into the multiplying number of all-party parliamentary groups and the influence of lobbyists, says Labour MP Chris Bryant

The Guardian - UK

Lobbying fears as MPs’ interest groups receive £13m from private firms

Exclusive: chair of standards committee calls for power to shut down APPGs where there are clear conflicts of interest

The Guardian - UK

From climate to health: the private firms helping to run MPs’ interest groups

Exclusive: Guardian and openDemocracy analysis reveals full reach of lobbyists acting as APPG secretariats

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