The Queen's speech was yet another wasted opportunity for the Government to make up its mind on a statutory register of lobbyists. For the past three years, this Government has told us that a register is both essential and imminent. And for the past three years, it has failed to take any of the many opportunities open to it to introduce such a register.

We recently learned that more than 100 lobbying professionals hold passes giving them access to the whole of the Parliamentary estate.

The government to scrap its plans to introduce a statutory register of lobbyists, MPs have said. In a report published this morning, the political ...

A massive seven-year government programme meant to increase efficiency has cost the taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds, a public spending watchdo...

The Fox affair yet again demonstrates the media's inability to ascertain what is, and what is not, a 'lobbying scandal'. It also demonstrates a peculiar and irritating habit of putting the lobbying industry in the frame rather than seeing when it is the lobbied - not the lobbyists - that need to pull their socks up.

Downing Street has said it has no plans to rush through legislation to introduce new rules on transparency in the lobbying industry despite the Liam F...

Last year's Labour Party Conference was defined by an exciting leadership election and a surprise victory for Ed Miliband. What has been a pretty mediocre year, however, for Labour will leave many to conclude that this year's gathering will be something of a damp squib.

Cameron needs to take charge and communicate a concrete action plan to stop the rioting. He was effective outside Downing Street earlier and is good in these situations. But if he does not come up with a plan, and anger grows at the delay in a co-ordinated Government response, then this will be a turning point in his Premiership.