Sentences with phrase «lobbying industry»

The sums of money can be huge, with some estimates suggesting that the UK lobbying industry generates hundreds of millions of pounds per year.

Former MPs Esther McVey and Jacqui Smith are among the victors in the 2015 Stakeholder Awards, devised by lobbying industry title Public Affairs News.

WSP Global has been actively lobbying industry bodies to «make sure our voice is heard clearly in government» on this issue, Tremble said.

Also, given the explosion of power — and consequently lobbying industry interest — in Asia, there is a brief concluding chapter on the do's and don'ts in a few of the major countries in the region.

Tax breaks won by the Washington lobbying industry, centered on the K Street corridor, show how cheap it is, relatively speaking, to buy political influence.

Meanwhile the number ex-aides to Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell and Diane Abbott who have been tempted into the UK lobbying industry stands at somewhere around zero.

The professional lobbying industry argues a universal statutory register would also enabling the parliamentary authorities to crack down on all party parliamentary groups, rapidly emerging as the home of some of the most questionable lobbying.

The disclosed expenditures of the DC lobbying industry are more than $ 3 billion per year, while just the presidential political campaigns spent more than $ 1.5 billion in 2016.

Despite the Labour party upping its game in recent months, Labour left - wingers remain a rare breed in the higher echelons of the UK lobbying industry.

anyone who is in the lobby industry or marketing research knows about this business but the majority of the average forum readers have no clue that the person they are talking with is in character and secretly copying their info and telling some lobby if they agree or disagree with their agenda.

Barbour, a former RNC chairman turned lobbyist for Mark Zuckerberg's «conservative» amnesty front group, is a living embodiment of the intersection of the Washington Republican operative class and the lobbying industry.

I just want to expose the fact that this is happening, very few people outside the lobby industry and marketing research know about it and people have the right to know.

It is too bad for the rest of us as he seems to be the only potential candidate with the chance to form a nominating coalition from social conservative and somewhat conservative voters — and he would be our best chance to get a Republican nominee who is not in the orbit of the lobbying industry.

In other words, this is more or less the official bible of the lobbying industry.

It seems to me that, back here in Britain, there are two significant challenges facing the lobbying industry: the continuing taint of sleaze associated with the very idea of winning influence in the corridors of power, compounded by periodic scandals, and the terribly lumpy quality of the service.

But Unlock Democracy said over 80 % of the # 2 billion lobbying industry - including public affairs professionals who advance the interests of the organisations they work for - would not be covered.

Ministers are set to confront the lobbying industry with the publication of new legislation later, as the row over Lynton Crosby's influence over the prime minister arrives in Westminster.

Michael Fallon MP Deputy chairman of the Conservative Party Lobbying with integrity Andrew Hawkins (TP, December) is right to point out the irony that, like dentists with bad teeth, the lobbying industry «has a poor track record in getting its message across with clarity and potency».

There were fresh demands for reform of the lobbying industry today after a sting operation saw a major company boast about its influence on the prime minister.

The state's lobbying and ethics watchdog panel passed sweeping new regulations governing New York's lobbying industry, with the stated objective to address evolution in the field and bring it greater transparency.

New York's Joint Commission on Public Ethics released its 2011 lobbying report this week, which found that the lobbying industry spent a record sum of $ 220 million last year in its efforts to influence state legislators.

But David Cameron is breaking his promises to clean up the lobbying industry because, under his Government's watered - down Bill: · only a fraction of lobbyists would have to register and this will not include the in house lobbyists used by the big energy firms.

Inside the lobbying industry's evolution.

Sanzillo was known in the lobbying industry to represent investment firms in Albany, according to officials with three other firms.

Despite the gloom over many upstate New York businesses, there has been one very bright light — its lobbying industry.

For decades, New York's lobbying industry has had an almost unbroken streak of growth — with almost each year setting a new spending record.

Now it is back under new management (TP recently checked it out with Damian McBride) and throwing an election night party for the UK lobbying industry's finest.

it emerged in April that Newgate Communications managing partner Simon Nayyar, one of the better - known figures in the UK lobbying industry, had left the firm in something of a shock departure.

Public affairs industry bosses have spoken out about the difficulties the UK lobbying industry will...

The appointment means that five of Cameron's former Number 10 advisers are now working in the lobbying industry.

Now under the management of lobbying's very own Lionel Zetter, Shepherd's threw an election night party for the UK lobbying industry's finest.

The establishment closed its doors last year but is now back under new management - and throwing an election night party for the UK lobbying industry's finest, along with lobbying body the PRCA and consultancy JBP.

Public affairs industry bosses have spoken out about the difficulties the UK lobbying industry will face if Jeremy Corbyn wins the Labour leadership as expected.

A former Labour MP has landed a senior job in the lobbying industry after spending less than three...

«NYPIRG calls on the Commission on Public Integrity, which has jurisdiction over the lobbying industry, to immediately begin an investigation into the actions of lobbyists and clients identified by the Legislative Ethics Commission and for the Legislative Ethics Commission to fully cooperate with any CPI investigation.»

A former Labour MP has landed a senior job in the lobbying industry after spending less than three years in the Commons.

Word in the UK lobbying industry is that while Tories are in demand, there is no more room at the inn for Labour consultants.

Ms Abbott said Mr Smith is not going to «enthuse the base» with his employment history, arguing the public look negatively at links between the lobbying industry and politicians.

JCOPE announced the hiring of Seth Agata, 57, on Tuesday for the top staff post at the watchdog entity, which polices the lobbying industry and investigates potential violations of public officers law.

With 56 SNP MPs and a shortage of well - connected Nationalist advisors in the UK lobbying industry, there has never been a greater demand for consultants plugged into the higher reaches of Nicola Sturgeon's party.

The Government proposes that the cost of running the register and meeting any ancillary costs arising from it should be met on a self - funding basis by the lobbying industry.»

The government's arrogance has in effect created a loose alliance between the select committee, the lobbying industry and democracy campaigners like Unlock Democracy and Spinwatch on the case for a universal statutory register.

In typically unvarnished, profane fashion, the younger Skelos laid out those views of New York's lobbying industry in a phone call recorded in February — recently disclosed as part of the father and son's ongoing corruption trial in Lower Manhattan — and his view of how to influence upstate lawmakers.

DeLay's involvement with the lobbying industry included a pointed effort on the part of the Republican Party to parlay the Congressional majority into dominance of K Street, the lobbying district of Washington, D.C. DeLay, Senator Rick Santorum, and Grover Norquist launched a campaign in 1995 encouraging lobbying firms to retain only Republican officials in top positions.

They'll talk about the new commission created to investigate ethics violations and oversee the state's lobbying industry and whether the commission is doing a good job.

The legislation failed to cover much of the lobbying industry, it said.»

«From what we have heard this bill will exclude four - fifths of the lobbying industry, including in - house lobbyists, and sole traders.

You've got high stakes politics, you've got amazing campaign contributions and a who's - who of the lobbying industry involved.

Later this month the Government is due to publish its long - delayed proposals to regulate the lobbying industry amid fears they have been significantly watered down in face of lobbying by the lobbyists.

The time is right for an exposé of the lobbying industry, and first - time director Jason Reitman has succeeded in shining a bright light on the machinations and behind - the - scenes skullduggery that prevail in this powerful profession.