Westminster’s (vast) fracking lobby exposed

‘It’s well known that the shale gas industry has spent millions on PR trying to sway public opinion in its favour. Less visible is the extraordinary political influence it potentially wields via some of the world’s most controversial lobbying firms.

You won’t find any such connections listed in the Coalition’s new and much-vaunted official Register of Consultant Lobbyists.

But you can see them here in our new fracking lobbyists and revolving door infographics.

From heavyweight mega-firms Burson-Marsteller and Bell Pottinger to Edelman, Hill & Knowlton and Weber Shandwick, all employ ex-political staff or have ex-colleagues now in plum government roles. As do smaller players such as Westbourne Communications and PPS, who are tasked with winning over local communities.’

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