European Election issues: Lobbying and transparency

On the issues of lobbying and transparency

o   This is the most transparent Government ever. We have recently passed the Transparency of Lobbying Act, which is about extending that transparency further to give hardworking people more confidence in the way third parties interact with the political system. So where third parties campaign in a way which supports a particular political party or its candidates they will be required to fully record and disclose their expenditure on those campaigns.

o   We have been clear that we want to take the big money out of politics to prevent our political system from ending up like other countries – where opaque and unaccountable groups spend billions attempting to influence the political system.

o   This Act does not cover or affect those campaigns by third parties - charities or other organisations – that are not intended to promote the electoral success of any particular party. So a charity campaign on policy issues would be exempt.

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