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To voters up and down the country, Reform has sought to cast itself as an anti-establishment party. At the same time, it has been quietly building relationships with financial giants in the City of London and some of the UK’s most influential lobbying agencies.
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‘Could I be in their cabinet?’: Big Business eyes up Reform
How Nigel Farage’s ‘anti-establishment’ party began a love affair with lobbyists and industry leaders
“The costs of increased militarisation to our planet - environmentally, socially and otherwise - far outweigh any supposed “investment opportunity” this presents. We need investment instead in socially useful sectors that make all of our lives better, and to stand against the corporate capture of our politics.”
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Taxpayers paid to send MoD official to work for elite bank
The secondment, which comes as ministers court private finance, ended on same day we asked the government about it
Anita Bhadani, media manager at campaign group Global Justice Now said: “The revolving door between those who run our country and private finance threatens our democracy. We would expect our government to place the interests of people above the profit margins of corporations, but with officials and members of the House of Lords taking up positions with private capital there is a real risk of conflict of interest.
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Taxpayers paid to send MoD official to work for elite bank
The secondment, which comes as ministers court private finance, ended on same day we asked the government about it