Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 117739
Local Government: Lobbying
Tabled: 4 March 2026
Answered: 12 March 2026
Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of trends in the number of local authorities hiring public affairs consultants for lobbying.
Answer
Alison McGovernSection 26 of the Recommended Code of Practice for Local Authority Publicity (‘the Publicity Code’) states that Local authorities should not incur any expenditure in retaining the services of lobbyists for the purpose of the publication of any material de...
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