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’.
Lobbying links to respected foreign affairs think-tank.
Lobbying firm adds criticism into Wikipedia page of campaigner.
Chairman of Bell Pottinger was wrong, says Lord Bell.
PR firm calls in help to give its pitch ‘added credibility’.
07.12.11
Read the highlights from the undercover meeting with Bell Pottinger executives.
How Bell Pottinger lobbyists put a positive spin on child labour.
Bell Pottinger admits changing its clients’ profiles on Wikipedia.
06.12.11
Top lobbying firm explains how it would ‘drown’ out negative content.
Senior executives from PR firm, BTP Advisers pitched to undercover Bureau journalists.
Senior executives from PR firm claim an extensive network of contacts within Parliament.
MP demands statutory register for lobbyists following the Bureau investigation.
Leading PR firm claims to have links into many top ministers.
PR firm with links to Lib Dems explained how it worked for Rwandan government.
05.12.11
The Bureau team posed as representatives of the Uzbek cotton industry.
Top executives at Bell Pottinger secretly recorded boasting of their access to the heart of Government.