London Influence
POLITICO’s weekly newsletter on campaigning, lobbying and political influence in the U.K.
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London Influence: Teal skies thinking
Hello and welcome to London Influence, this week helmed by me, Noah Keate. In a Dr. Who-style regeneration, sleep-hater John Johnston is your London Playbook author into …
Influencers to the rescue?
SNEAK PEEK — Tough sell this week but… is the government … actually good at something? We dig into the plan behind influencers cropping up at press …
London Influence: AI’d be worried if I was you
SNEAK PEEK — Think you’re ready for the artificial intelligence tsunami? Think again. — The new CIPR president-elect talks shop — and wants an army of volunteers …
London Influence: Rich pickings
SNEAK PEEK — Fresh from his stint as Westminster’s lobbying industry cop, Harry Rich gets the exit interview treatment. — He thinks there are a host of …
You would never block the chain
SNEAK PEAK — The next general election could be the first digital currency election, and Britain ain’t ready. — The government still won’t say whether it wants …
Electoral Commish deathwish
SNEAK PEEK — Labour risk the hypocrisy charge as pre-election fury over the Electoral Commission’s independence amounts to … nowt. — RIP ACOBA: the crowd goes mild …
Mooching in Manchester
SNEAK PEEK — Lobbyists muddled through the Tories’ Manchester meeting, but will anyone bother going next year? — The SNP risks a major pastry-based snub at their …
Letting rip in Liverpool
SNEAK PEEK — Lobbyists leave Liverpool with a bit of a spring in their step… despite the hangovers. — ‘Business Day’ at the Labour Party conference was …
Solving Westminster’s bad boss problem
SNEAK PEEK — Is ending the scourge of bad bosses a cure for all of Westminster’s ills? — ACOBA delivers some corking revolving door decisions as it …
Throwing the book at lobbyists
SNEAK PEEK — A leading industry group has unveiled a tough new rule book for lobbyists. — Philip Hammond’s new gig riles up the public affairs industry. …
The buzz from Brum
SNEAK PEEK — Influence spent the weekend with the Farage faithful, but what do public affairs pros make of it all? — There’s a stack of ethics …
Cost of conference crisis
SNEAK PEEK — Conference season is becoming eye-wateringly expensive — so is it still worth the faff for lobbying pros? — Angela Rayner was Labour’s biggest champion …
Local lobbying for local people
SNEAK PEEK — Labour’s promised a devolution revolution. Will it turn the trickle of non-SW1 lobbying into a flood? — An email snafu gives Influence the inside track …
Will someone think of the kids?
A weekly newsletter on campaigning, lobbying and political influence in the U.K. By JOHN JOHNSTON Tips, gossip, state secrets and coffee requests @johnjohnstonmi or[email protected] | View …
Courting at Reform conference
Hello and welcome… to London Influence. This edition will be your last for a whole two weeks as we power down over recess. Influence will return on …
Can’t keep the Good Chaps down
SNEAK PEEK — Influence delves into the government’s big ethics shake up to figure out whether democracy is totally saved. — And then we do it all …
The clampdown is coming
YEAH THANKS FOR RUINING OUR DEADLINE, LADS: The government dropped a raft of proposed changes to the U.K.’s election rules just moments before Influence went to pixel. …
Round two… fight!
SNEAK PEEK — We get the jump on a new report on Labour’s mammoth year two battles. — It includes fresh polling on the government’s woes, some …
A year of sleazy tinkering
SNEAK PEEK — Influence conducts an annual performance review on Labour’s sleaze-busting agenda. — The long-delayed scheme to crack down on foreign lobbying has been delivered… with …
The heat is on
SNEAK PEEK — Westminster’s lax lobbying regime makes probing climate influence a nightmare. — Labour continues to treat its conference as a cash cow. — A new …