Can Lobbying Be Good? A Bloomberg Westminster Special
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With further revelations about the involvement of civil servants and politicians in collapsed finance firm Greensill Capital, there are growing calls for a tightening on the rules on lobbying.Dr Phil Parvin, director of research at Loughborough University and author of "Friend or Foe? Lobbying in British Democracy" tells Bloomberg Westminster's Caroline Hepker and Roger Hearing the current regulation doesn't work.Jon Gerlis, of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, says lobbying is a legitimate part of the political process but needs clearer rules. And Steve Goodrich, from Transparency International adds there needs to be openness about who is talking to who and why.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.