lobbying 1.3 Flashcards
(37 cards)
what is Penny Mordaunt relationship with British American Tabacco
- April 2025 = Penny took a part-time paid role with BAT which have lobbied the government about the interests of tabacco
- Mordaunt only have left 5 months before - REVOLVING DOOR
- mordaunt had abstained from a gradual smoking ban last year
what has labour done in accordance to rules on lobbying and jobs for MPs
- Labour has attempted to crackdown on lobbying and consultancy work among MPs
- MPs earned over £17 million last Parliament from secondary jobs where this funding sources is unclear
what does Conservative’s U-turn on Net-Zero mean for lobbying
- March 2025, Kimi Badenoch said that net-zero was impossible
- announcement came a month after a £14,350 week long ‘residential’ with shadow cabinet colleagues donated by Neil Record who chairs a climate-sceptic lobby group
- shows influence of lobbyists on politics
how has Labour been influenced by corporations recently
- Labour Investment Summit showcased UK’s pro-growth policies
- consisted of 300 industry leaders and £63B in private investment
- DP World announced £1B of investment to expand the London Gateway Container Port which would create over 400 jobs
what was the Zero Emissions Vechicule (ZEV) and how does that show us how corporations are important in politics
- piece of legislation passed under Sunak’s government where 2024’s target would be 22%
- Ford said to relax their targets
- Stellantis said it would announce closures for its branches in Luton
- Labour Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said they would have to do it for 2030
What is Labour’s proposed employment Rights Bill
- ending exploitative 0 hour contracts
- increasing minimum wage in account to cost of living crisis
- strengthening Sick pay (can do it if you’ve started a job or are low on hours)
- bereavement and parental leave a right
how has Labour impacted the rights of clandestine immigrants
- FEB 2025 = revised ‘good character’ guidance, stating that any refugees who have entered the country illegally will be automatically denied British citizenship
- violates 1951 Refugee Convention
how has the relationship between Conservative party and the ECHR developed
- Conservative leadership election, Robert Jenkins advocated for withdrawal of UK from ECHR
- Kimi Badenoch has not dismissed the possibility - jeopardising the protection of our individual and collective rights
How did Lord Alli impact party funding
- donated over £500K to Labour Party including £16,000 over eyewear
- Lord Alli got a free security pass to Downing street
- allegation of croynism
how has reform UK impacted party funding
- Dec 2024 = hired billionaire Nick Candy as their treasurer to help party improve with fundraising
- he donated £1M of his own money
- made efforts to get Elon Musk to donate (with plans of donating £78M)
- Transparency International UK reported that £1 in every £10 donated to parties come from unknown sources.
- 10 companies have donated over £10.9M since 2001
what happened to the student tuition demonstrations in 2010
some prosecuted for disorderly conduct
who tried to stop the ban on fox hunting in 2004 by bringing it up with the High Court
Countryside Alliance
how long did the teachers strike in February and March of 2023
7 days
what insider group have to strike due to new contracts government made with their workers
BMA (insider group) due to Government striking up new contract for junior doctors in autumn 2016
how has stonewall changed UK politics
- opposed ‘Section 28’
- challenged ban of homosexuality in armed forces, lifted in 2000
- age of consent from 18 to 16
- introduced civil partnership 2004
- HOWEVER = boycotted con government LGBT+ conference and made them OUTSIDER
how has care4calais changed UK politics
- 14th June 2022 = emptied plane out for people going to Rwanda (As was not part of HRA)
how has liberty changed UK politics
- against Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA)
- £50,000 crowdfunder funded liberty’s High Court case = ruled that it violated EU law
- 2018 = authorities must consult independent investigatory powers commissioner before requesting data
how has Howard league for penal reforms changed UK politics
- 301 prisoners died in wales and england in 2022
- could not get the vote for prisoners
- HOWEVER: 2014 ban government lift ban on prisoner’s family sending in books
how has BMA changed UK politics
- caused ban on smoking in enclosed spaces 2007
- tried banning smoking in cars ONLY WORKED when received support by asthma UK in 2014 Children and Families Bill
how has National Farmers Association changed UK politics
- 2013 = brought badger cull to control spread of bovine tuberculosis despite pressure groups being against it
who are two pressure groups which have attempted to get message across but nothings working
- just stop oil
- national union of rail, maritime and transport workers = asked for pay increase
how many employers and volunteers does the RSPCA have
- 1600 employers
- thousands of volunteers
- can’t afford on advertising influences policy through industrial action
what was the snowdrop campaign
banning the use of handguns, afetr the 1996 Dunblane Primary School Massacre
who is Joanna Lumley and what did she do
got public support to let Gurkha soliders the right to live in the UK = overturning a ban from 2009
