16.12.11
Lobbying’s Hidden Influence
Former MPs can apply for passes that give them access to Parliament.
14.12.11
Why there is a need for transparency about former MPs’ passes.
09.12.11
Public Relations Consultants Association calls for statutory register ‘without delay’.
08.12.11
Major questions surround PR firm’s Wikipedia personas.
Head of PR firm admits staff are ‘searching their souls to decide whether they did something wrong’.
Chairman of Bell Pottinger was wrong, says Lord Bell.
PR firm calls in help to give its pitch ‘added credibility’.
Lobbying links to respected foreign affairs think-tank.
Lobbying firm adds criticism into Wikipedia page of campaigner.
07.12.11
How Bell Pottinger lobbyists put a positive spin on child labour.
Bell Pottinger admits changing its clients’ profiles on Wikipedia.
Read the highlights from the undercover meeting with Bell Pottinger executives.
06.12.11
Senior executives from PR firm claim an extensive network of contacts within Parliament.
Top lobbying firm explains how it would ‘drown’ out negative content.
MP demands statutory register for lobbyists following the Bureau investigation.
Leading PR firm claims to have links into many top ministers.
Senior executives from PR firm, BTP Advisers pitched to undercover Bureau journalists.
PR firm with links to Lib Dems explained how it worked for Rwandan government.
05.12.11
Top executives at Bell Pottinger secretly recorded boasting of their access to the heart of Government.
The Bureau team posed as representatives of the Uzbek cotton industry.