What Labour should do now to clean up politics and restore public trust
Letters: Dr Arun Midha and Dr Peter Estcourt respond to articles by Martin Kettle and Polly Toynbee on the urgent challenge ahead for Keir Starmer’s new government
Starmer wants us to believe we can trust politicians again. That’s huge – but he has to mean it
Martin Kettle
The Tories are in denial about the crisis in politics. Labour seems to get it, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
Private sector lobbyists embedded into Labour’s shadow cabinet teams
Party appealed to engineering firms and management consultancies, requesting help with policy work
June 2024
Revealed: how Sunak dropped smoking ban amid lobbying from tobacco firms
Private sector could face scrutiny after US software company reveals it wined and dined NDIA officials
Exclusive: Israeli documents show expansive government effort to shape US discourse around Gaza war
Macron cosied up to consultants and lobbyists and lost voters – Starmer’s Labour risks doing the same
Oliver Haynes
Labour candidate’s PR firm lobbied against plan for VAT for private schools
‘Perilous for democracy, good for profits’: is big business ready to love Trump again?
May 2024
Revealed: how touts drew up secret plans to sabotage Labour’s ticket reforms
‘No one needs their name near this’: the secret plot by touts to undermine Labour’s reforms
UK government adviser on disruptive protest accused of conflict of interest
Fossil fuel firms forcing countries to compensate them, Mary Robinson says
Conflict of interest concerns raised over MEPs’ second jobs
Make ministers declare WhatsApp contact with lobbyists, MPs say
Watchdog rejects request to investigate Tory MP over City lobbying complaint
April 2024
Boris Johnson ‘refused to be open’ with watchdog about hedge fund role
Chris Whitty urges MPs to ignore lobbying and pass smoking ban bill
March 2024
Irish referendum fiasco puts future of lauded citizens’ assemblies in doubt
Boris Johnson did not consult watchdog over paid role with hedge fund
