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Lobbying firm pressed for details about payments to journalists for favourable stories

Trade Hub UK briefing (2026-07-23): A political lobbying firm secretly paying journalists for articles favourable to its clients is facing calls to reveal full details of the payments, after the… Primary source: original at The Guardian (theguardian.com).

Lobbying firm pressed for details about payments to journalists for favourable stories

A political lobbying firm secretly paying journalists for articles favourable to its clients is facing calls to reveal full details of the payments, after the practice was denounced as a dangerous “attack on democracy”.

MPs, senior lobbyists and transparency campaigners all condemned the behaviour of CT Group, the firm co-founded by the campaign strategist Lynton Crosby, an election guru previously hired by David Cameron and Boris Johnson.

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