Tory MP David Morris is ordered to apologise after lobbying for Russian’s company after £10k donation Tory MP David Morris accepted £10k donation from energy firm Aquind last year Shortly after, he asked a question in the Commons that ‘sought to benefit’ the company Inquiry ruled the MP had inadvertently breached the code of conduct By John … Read more
Revealed: Lobbying firm with close links to Beijing gained access to influential UK figures including George Osborne and Prince Andrew Hampton Group was founded by a former Chinese government official MPs claimed its activities was evidence of ‘subtle, troubling behaviour by China’ The club insists it is independent and acts purely in the UK’s national interest … Read more
It seems controversial tycoon Richard Desmond has a track record for clumsy efforts to lobby the Tories, and Boris Johnson in particular. In 2009, the then owner of the Express newspaper group had a bee in his bonnet about the then Mayor of London’s cycle hire scheme because of plans for a rental station outside his … Read more
Tom Watson is accused of ‘lobbying by tweet for pal’s £60,000 music job’ before the post had been formally advertised (and the ex-Labour deputy leader beat 79 others to get the role) The former Labour leader beat 79 other applicants for the chair of UK Music Before being appointed he tweeted a number of times … Read more